US20220160760A1 - Receptors providing targeted costimulation for adoptive cell therapy - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a cell comprising a chimeric costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR) useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT).
- CoStAR can act as a modulator of cellular activity enhancing responses to defined antigens.
- the present invention also provides CoStAR proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CoStAR and therapeutic uses thereof.
- T-cells may be genetically modified to retarget them towards defined tumour antigens. This can be done via the gene transfer of peptide (p)-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) specific T-cell Receptors (TCRs) or synthetic fusions between tumour specific single chain antibody fragment (scFv) and T-cell signalling domains (e.g. CD3 ⁇ ), the latter being termed chimeric antigen receptors (CARs).
- MHC peptide
- TCRs tumour specific T-cell Receptors
- scFv tumour specific single chain antibody fragment
- CD3 ⁇ T-cell signalling domains
- TIL and TCR transfer has proven particularly good when targeting Melanoma (Rosenberg et al. 2011; Morgan 2006), whereas CAR therapy has shown much promise in the treatment of certain B-cell malignancies (Grupp et al. 2013).
- Targeted costimulation will have beneficial effects for non-CAR-based T cell therapies.
- incorporating costimulatory domains into a chimeric TCR has been shown to enhance responses of T-cells towards pMHC (Govers 2014).
- tumor infiltrating lymphocytes TILs
- TILs tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
- tumour cells express very few costimulatory ligands.
- the novel CoStARs and cells comprising or expressing the CoStARs are beneficial for CAR and non-CAR based T-cell therapies alike.
- the present invention uses cells that express a novel chimeric costimulatory receptor to provides a costimulatory signal to T-cells upon engagement with a defined disease-associated, for example tumour-associated, antigen.
- a defined disease-associated for example tumour-associated, antigen.
- split signal 1 and signal 2 have been used to drive antigen specific responses in engineered T-cells (Alvarez-Vallina & Hawkins 1996).
- Full length CD28 is dimeric enabling the receptor to function in its native form, indeed chimeric antigen receptors fail to function optimally when expressed as a monomer (Bridgeman et al. 2010).
- the invention also provides a targeted costimulatory receptor which induces signal 2 upon engagement with a defined antigen such as a disease associated or tumour associated antigen.
- the full length CD28 molecule contains motifs critical to its native function in binding members of the B7 family of receptors; although this is potentially dangerous from the perspective of CARs carrying CD28 and CD3 ⁇ receptors in tandem, wherein ligation of CAR by B7 could trigger T-cell activation, there are beneficial qualities for receptors harbouring signal 2 receptors alone.
- T-lymphocytes can be engineered to express a CoStAR (Costimulatory antigen receptor) to augment T-cell activation upon engagement with a defined tumour associated antigen.
- CoStAR Cosmetic antigen receptor
- the inventors have shown that activation of T-cells, as measured by IFN ⁇ and IL-2 secretion, by a signal 1 mitogen (OKT3) is enhanced when engineered cells are also permitted to receive signal 2 through the CoStAR upon engagement with the tumour associated antigen CEA.
- a recombinant costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR) comprising:
- tumour associated antigen specific domain e.g. a single chain antibody fragment
- the invention also provides a cell, e.g. a lymphocyte, including a T cell or NK cell, comprising a recombinant costimulatory antigen receptor comprising:
- tumour associated antigen specific domain e.g. a single chain antibody fragment
- the CoStAR as described herein is designed such that binding of the CoStAR to its designated tumour antigen results in receptor activation and provides a costimulatory signal to augment concurrent signal 1 mediated signals provided though a recombinant TCR, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or endogenous TCR.
- the tumour antigen may be a tumour associated antigen such as those from the cancer-testis or onco-foetal antigen family of molecules such as CEA or 5T4, and targeted using a single chain antibody fragment.
- the tumour antigen may be one presented as a peptide via MHC and targeted using a pMHC specific single chain antibody fragment or single chain TCR.
- the signalling domain or signaling chain comprises a full length (entire protein sequence without the signal peptide) costimulatory receptor, including but not limited to CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6.
- the costimulatory domain may consist of one receptor domain alone, or multiple in tandem (i.e. a fusion receptor) whereby each domain is linked directly or via a flexible linker of up to 50 amino acids in length.
- the signalling domain comprises a fragment of a full length costimulatory receptor wherein the fragment is effective for dimerization.
- the lymphocyte may be a T cell, including a Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) a T Regulatory Cell (Treg) or a primary T cell, or an NK cell.
- TIL Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocyte
- Treg T Regulatory Cell
- NK cell a primary T cell
- the lymphocyte, T or NK cell may include a recombinant T-cell receptor (TCR) or Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR).
- the term ‘full length’ in this document implies the entire mature protein with up to 5 amino acid deletions or mutations at the very N-terminus of the mature protein, a process critical for optimal splicing of the costimulatory domain into a chimeric receptor.
- the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the CoStAR as described above and herein.
- the invention provides a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence according to the second aspect and, if present, a TCR and/or CAR nucleic acid sequence.
- the invention provides a method for making a lymphocyte, or T or NK cell, according to the first aspect of the invention, which comprises the step of introducing a nucleic acid encoding the CoStAR or vector, into the lymphocyte.
- the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises a vector according to the third aspect, or lymphocyte (including a T or NK cell) according to the first aspect, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient as well as therapeutic uses thereof.
- the invention provides a cell, e.g. a lymphocyte, including a T or NK cell, according to the first aspect, or vector according to the third aspect, including for use in adoptive cell therapy.
- a cell e.g. a lymphocyte, including a T or NK cell, according to the first aspect, or vector according to the third aspect, including for use in adoptive cell therapy.
- the invention provides a lymphocyte, including a T or NK cell, according to the first aspect, or vector according to the third aspect, including for use in a method of treating cancer.
- the invention provides the use of a lymphocyte according to the first aspect, or the use of the vector according to the third aspect in the manufacture of a medicament for treating cancer.
- the invention provides a lymphocyte according to the first aspect, a vector according to the third aspect or a pharmaceutical composition as disclosed herein for use in the treatment for cancer.
- the CoStAR receptor comprises a full length CD28 receptor as defined herein.
- the CoStAR comprises a tumour associated antigen binding domain fused to: a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and one Other moiety selected from: the intracellular domain from human CD137, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:4 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human CD134, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:5 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human CD2, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:6 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human CD29, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:7 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level;
- FIG. 1 Structure of single costimulatory and fusion costimulatory domain receptors.
- a schematic representation of CoStAR receptors set out in the claims is shown.
- FIG. 2 Genetic organisation of potential CoStAR configurations—The CoStAR consists of an antigen binding domain, an optional spacer domain and a costimulatory domain as shown in figure and described in claims.
- the CoStAR may be expressed: A) alone from a promoter with the CoStAR consisting of a single (Ai) or fusion (Aii) costimulatory receptor; B) may be expressed with an epitope tag (e.g.
- FIG. 3 Fluorescenceal activity of CoStAR in T-cells in response to LS174T and LoVo tumour presented antigen.
- Normal donor T-cell populations from donor 1 (A & D), donor 2 (B) and donor 3 (C & E) were lentivirally engineered to express a CoStAR which targets carcinoembryonic antigen and magnetically sorted to enrich for the transgene using CD34 magnetic selection.
- T-cells were mixed with wild-type un-engineered CEA+ tumour cells (Non-activating tumour) or CEA+ tumour cells engineered to express a cell surface anchored anti-CD3 single chain antibody fragment (Activating tumour) at the indicated effector to target ratios and IL-2 measured in the supernatant by ELISA.
- FIG. 4 Effect of CoStAR on T-cell proliferation. 5 ⁇ 10 5 transduced and non transduced T-cells were mixed with 6.25 ⁇ 10 3 wild-type LoVo or LoVo-OKT3 cells in the presence (A) or absence (B) of IL-2 and cell counts made after three days. In another assay under the same cell ratios T-cells from two donors were loaded with proliferation dye and the number of proliferation cycles the cells had gone through determined by dye dilution after six days using flow cytometry.
- FIG. 5 IL-2 activity of CoStAR fusion receptors in primary human T-cells.
- Normal donor CD8+ T-cells from seven donors (except control CoStAR is three donors) were lentivirally transduced with the indicated CEA-targeting CoStARs and IL-2 production assessed after an overnight stimulation in the presence of LoVo-OKT3 cells.
- the proportion of IL-2 positive cells was determined using intracellular flow staining in both the CD34 negative (CoStAR non-transduced) and CD34+(CoStAR transduced) populations.
- Asterisks show significant differences between the transduced and non-transduced populations using paired Wilcoxon signed rank test with *p ⁇ 0.05
- FIG. 6A-6D Multi parameter analysis of CoStAR activity in primary human T-cells.
- Normal donor CD8+ T-cells were lentivirally transduced with the indicated CEA-targeting CoStARs and IL-2 production assessed after an overnight stimulation in the presence of LoVo-OKT3 cells.
- the proportion of IL-2 (seven donors) ( FIG. 6A ), IFN ⁇ (seven donors) ( FIG. 6B ), bcl-xL (five donors) ( FIG. 6C ) and CD107a (six donors) ( FIG. 6D ) positive cells was determined using intracellular flow staining in both the CD34 negative (CoStAR non-transduced) and CD34+(CoStAR transduced) populations.
- Control is a non-specific CA125 targeting CoStAR and is from three donors in all instances. Heat maps are averages of all donors with the intensity of colour related to the percentage of cells positive for a particular read out under the defined conditions.
- FIG. 7 CD40 enhances IL-2 production from CD28-based CoStARs.
- Primary human T-cells from three healthy donors were left non-transduced or transduced with either extracellular domain truncated CD28 (Tr CD28), full length CD28 (FL CD28), or CD28.CD40-based CoStARs harbouring a CEA specific scFv (MFE23). Transduced cells were selected using a CD34 marker gene and expanded prior to analysis. T-cells were mixed at an 8:1 effector to target ratio with OKT3 expressing CEA+LoVo cells for 20 hours before analysis of IL-2 production by ELISA.
- FIG. 8 Effect of signalling domain and target antigen on CoStAR-mediated T-cell expansion.
- T-cells were transduced with either DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope-tagged CD28 or CD28.CD40 based CoStARs harbouring CA125, FolR or CEA specific scFv, or FolR specific binding peptide (C7).
- T-cells were mixed with OKT3 expressing, CA125+/FolR+/CEA ⁇ cell line OVCAR3. The number of transduced cells were counted every 7 days up to 21 days, with fresh OVCAR3 cells added following each count.
- FIG. 9 Effect of signalling domain and target antigen on CoStAR ⁇ mediated T-cell expansion.
- T-cells were transduced with either DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope-tagged CD28 or CD28.CD40 based CoStARs harbouring CA125, FolR or CEA specific scFv, or FolR specific binding peptide (C7).
- T-cells were mixed with OKT3 expressing, CA125+/FolR+/CEA ⁇ cell line OVCAR3. The number of transduced cells were counted every 7 days up to 21 days, with fresh OVCAR3 cells added following each count.
- FIG. 10 (A and B) CD40 based CoStARs enhance costimulation of T-cells in a model of TCR-transfer.
- Primary human T-cells from three healthy donors were transduced with a CEA specific TCR plus either a DYKDDDK-tagged CD28 or CD28.
- CD40 based CoStAR harbouring either an MFE (open or closed circles) or CA125 (open squares) specific scFv.
- T-cells were mixed at a 1:1 effector:target ratio with CEA+/CA125 ⁇ H508 cells and intracellular cytokine staining performed to determine the number of responding CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells in the TCR+/CoStAR+, TCR+/CoStAR ⁇ , TCR ⁇ /CoStAR+ and TCR ⁇ /CoStAR ⁇ populations.
- a 2-way ANOVA (Tukeys test) was performed to determine significant differences in activity: *p>0.05, **p>0.01, ***p>0.001, ****p>0.0001.
- Costimulatory Antigen Receptor (CoStAR)
- CoStARs costimulatory antigen receptors
- a disease- or tumour-associated antigen binding domain comprising: (i) a disease- or tumour-associated antigen binding domain; and (ii) an extracellular ligand-binding segment of a stimulatory receptor protein, and (iii) a first intracellular segment comprising an intracellular signaling domain of a receptor protein, and (iv) optionally a second intracellular segment comprising an intracellular signaling domain of a second receptor protein.
- the extracellular segment and the first intracellular segment comprise segments of the same receptor protein.
- the extracellular segment and the first intracellular segment comprise segments of different receptor proteins.
- a CoStAR of the invention comprises a single chain antibody fragment (scFv) fused to full length CD28 that transmits a costimulatory signal dependent upon engagement of the scFv to its cognate antigen and/or engagement of the CD28 to its cognate ligand.
- scFv single chain antibody fragment
- full length protein or “full length receptor” refers to a receptor protein, such as, for example, a CD28 receptor protein.
- full length encompasses receptor proteins lacking up to about 5 or up to 10 amino acids, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 amino acids, at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein once its signal peptide has been cleaved. For instance, while a specific cleavage site of a receptors N-terminal signal peptide may be defined, variability in exact point of cleavage has been observed.
- full length does not imply presence or absence of amino acids of the receptors N-terminal signal peptide.
- full length e.g. a full length CD28 according to certain aspects of the invention encompasses mature receptor proteins (e.g.
- CD28 according to certain aspects of the invention
- SEQ ID NO. 2 shows the mature CD28 protein including the signal peptide.
- a “full length” CD28 receptor does not include the signal peptide and may lack up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein (e.g. N terminal residues N, K, I, L and/or V). This is shown in the exemplary fusions, e.g. SEQ ID Nos. 4-12 (note that these may lack up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein as shown in the boxed region).
- CoStARs have modular form and can be constructed to comprise extracellular, transmembrane and intracellular domains obtained from a one or more proteins, along with the scFv obtained from an antibody that binds to a disease-associated antigen, for example, a tumour associated antigen antigen.
- a CoStAR comprises a disease-associated, for example a tumour-associated, antigen receptor, such as but not limited to a tumour-associated antigen specific scFv, and a primary costimulatory receptor protein that is capable of binding to its cognate ligand and providing an intracellular signal.
- the primary costimulatory receptor can be less than a full length protein but is sufficient to bind cognate ligand and transduce a signal.
- the primary costimulatory receptor domain is full length, such as but not limited to, full length CD28.
- CoStAR 1 depicts two embodiments of CoStAR constructs. Both CoStARs comprise an antigen binding domain, an optional spacer, and a full-length costimulatory receptor protein comprising an extracellular ligand binding segment and intracellular signaling domain.
- a CoStAR comprises an antigen binding domain, an optional spacer, an extracellular ligand-binding portion of a costimulatory receptor protein, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain of a second, different costimulatory receptor protein.
- the extracellular ligand-binding portion comprises a CD28 truncation, for example, a C-terminal CD28 truncation after amino acids IEV as in SEQ ID NO:13 and is followed by an intracellular signalling domain.
- the intracellular signalling domain is from CD40.
- the transmembrane domain separating the extracellular ligand-binding and intracellular signalling domains can be from, with limitation, CD28, CD40.
- the right construct of FIG. 1 further comprises an additional second intracellular receptor signalling domain and an optional spacer.
- CoStARs can comprise additional costimulatory domains, for example a third, intracellular costimulatory signaling domain and in this respect may be similar to certain chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), which have been classified into first (CD3 ⁇ only), second (one costimulatory domain+CD3 ⁇ ), or third generation (more than one costimulatory domain+CD3 ⁇ ).
- CARs chimeric antigen receptors
- Costimulatory receptor proteins useful in CoStARs of the invention include, without limitation, CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6, which in their natural form comprise extracellular ligand binding domains and intracellular signal transducing domains.
- CD2 is characterized as a cell adhesion molecule found on the surface of T cells and is capable of initiating intracellular signals necessary for T cell activation.
- CD27 is characterized as a type II transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the TNF superfamily (TNFSF) whose expression on B cells is induced by antigen-receptor activation in B cells.
- CD28 is one of the proteins on T cells and is the receptor for CD80 (B7.1) and CD86 (B7.2) ligands on antigen-presenting cells.
- CD137 (4-1BB) ligand is found on most leukocytes and on some non-immune cells.
- OX4 ligand is expressed on many antigen-presenting cells such as DC2s (dendritic cells), macrophages, and B lymphocytes.
- the costimulatory receptor protein is full length CD28 as defined herein.
- a CoStAR may be expressed alone under the control of a promoter in a therapeutic population of cells that have therapeutic activity, for example, Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs).
- TILs Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes
- the CoStAR may be expressed along with a therapeutic transgene such as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and/or T-cell Receptor (TCR), for example as described in SEQ ID NOs:3-12 (note that may lack up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein).
- a therapeutic transgene such as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and/or T-cell Receptor (TCR), for example as described in SEQ ID NOs:3-12 (note that may lack up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein).
- the invention also relates to CoStar constructs having a sequence as shown in any of SEQ ID NOs:3-12, including one of these sequences which lacks up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein).
- Suitable TCRs and CARs are well known in the literature, for example HLA-A*02-NYESO-1 specific TCRs (Rapoport et al. Nat Med 2015) or anti-CD19scFv.CD3 ⁇ fusion CARs (Kochenderfer et al. J Clin Oncol 2015) which have been successfully used to treat Myeloma or B-cell malignancies respectively.
- the CoStARs described herein may be expressed with any known CAR or TCR thus providing the cell with a regulatable growth switch to allow cell expansion in-vitro or in-vivo, and a conventional activation mechanism in the form of the TCR or CAR for anti-cancer activity.
- the invention provides a cell for use in adoptive cell therapy comprising a CoStAR as described herein and a TCR and/or CAR that specifically binds to a tumour associated antigen.
- An exemplary CoStAR comprising CD28 includes an extracellular antigen binding domain and an extracellular, transmembrane and intracellular signaling domain which comprises the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:2.
- antigen binding domain refers to an antibody fragment including, but not limited to, a diabody, a Fab, a Fab′, a F(ab′)2, an Fv fragment, a disulfide stabilized Fv fragment (dsFv), a (dsFv)2, a bispecific dsFv (dsFv-dsFv′), a disulfide stabilized diabody (ds diabody), a single-chain antibody molecule (scFv), an scFv dimer (bivalent diabody), a multispecific antibody formed from a portion of an antibody comprising one or more CDRs, a camelized single domain antibody, a nanobody, a domain antibody, a bivalent domain antibody, or any other antibody fragment that binds to an antigen but does not comprise a complete antibody structure.
- an antigen binding domain is capable of binding to the same antigen to which the parent antibody or a parent antibody fragment (e.g., a parent scFv) binds.
- an antigen-binding fragment may comprise one or more complementarity determining regions (CDRs) from a particular human antibody grafted to frameworks (FRs) from one or more different human antibodies.
- the antigen binding domain can be made specific for any disease-associated antigen, including but not limited to tumour-associated antigens (TAAs) and infectious disease-associated antigens.
- TAAs tumour-associated antigens
- the ligand binding domain is bispecific. Antigens have been identified in most of the human cancers, including Burkitt lymphoma, neuroblastoma, melanoma, osteosarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung carcinoma, and colon cancer.
- TAA's include, without limitation, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD24, CD33, CD38, CD123, CD228, CD138, BCMA, GPC3, CEA, folate receptor (FR ⁇ ), mesothelin, CD276, gp100, 5T4, GD2, EGFR, MUC-1, PSMA, EpCAM, MCSP, SM5-1, MICA, MICB, ULBP and HER-2.
- TAAs further include neoantigens, peptide/MHC complexes, and HSP/peptide complexes.
- the antigen binding domain comprises a T-cell receptor or binding fragment thereof that binds to a defined tumour specific peptide-MHC complex.
- T cell receptor refers to a heterodimeric receptor composed of ⁇ or ⁇ chains that pair on the surface of a T cell. Each ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ , and ⁇ chain is composed of two Ig-like domains: a variable domain (V) that confers antigen recognition through the complementarity determining regions (CDR), followed by a constant domain (C) that is anchored to cell membrane by a connecting peptide and a transmembrane (TM) region. The TM region associates with the invariant subunits of the CD3 signalling apparatus.
- V variable domain
- CDR complementarity determining regions
- C constant domain
- TM transmembrane
- Each of the V domains has three CDRs. These CDRs interact with a complex between an antigenic peptide bound to a protein encoded by the major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) (Davis and Bjorkman (1988) Nature, 334, 395-402; Davis et al. (1998) Annu Rev Immunol, 16, 523-544; Murphy (2012), xix, 868 p.).
- pMHC major histocompatibility complex
- the antigen binding domain comprises a natural ligand of a tumour expressed protein or tumour-binding fragment thereof.
- the transferrin receptor 1 also known as CD71
- CD71 is a homodimeric protein that is a key regulator of cellular iron homeostasis and proliferation.
- TfR1 is expressed at a low level in a broad variety of cells, it is expressed at higher levels in rapidly proliferating cells, including malignant cells in which overexpression has been associated with poor prognosis.
- the antigen binding domain comprises transferrin or a transferrin receptor-binding fragment thereof.
- the antigen binding domain is specific to a defined tumour associated antigen, such as but not limited to FR ⁇ , CEA, 5T4, CA125, SM5-1 or CD71.
- the tumour associated antigen can be a tumour-specific peptide-MHC complex.
- the peptide is a neoantigen.
- the tumour associated antigen it a peptide-heat shock protein complex.
- the CoStAR extracellular, transmembrane and intracellular domain signalling domain has the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:1.
- the term “specifically binds” or “is specific for” refers to measurable and reproducible interactions, such as binding between a target and an antibody or antibody moiety, that is determinative of the presence of the target in the presence of a heterogeneous population of molecules, including biological molecules.
- an antibody moiety that specifically binds to a target is an antibody moiety that binds the target with greater affinity, avidity, more readily, and/or with greater duration than its bindings to other targets.
- an antibody moiety that specifically binds to an antigen reacts with one or more antigenic determinants of the antigen (for example a cell surface antigen or a peptide/MHC protein complex) with a binding affinity that is at least about 10 times its binding affinity for other targets.
- one or more antigenic determinants of the antigen for example a cell surface antigen or a peptide/MHC protein complex
- a CoStAR of the invention optionally comprises a spacer region between the antigen binding domain and the costimulatory receptor.
- the term “spacer” refers to the extracellular structural region of a CoStAR that separates the antigen binding domain from the external ligand binding domain of the costimulatory protein. The spacer provides flexibility to access the targeted antigen and receptor ligand. In certain embodiments long spacers are employed, for example to target membrane-proximal epitopes or glycosylated antigens (see Guest R. D. et al. The role of extracellular spacer regions in the optimal design of chimeric immune receptors: evaluation of four different scFvs and antigens. J. Immunother.
- CoStARs bear short spacers, for example to target membrane distal epitopes (see Hudecek M. et al., Receptor affinity and extracellular domain modifications affect tumor recognition by ROR1-specific chimeric antigen receptor T cells. Clin. Cancer Res. 2013; 19:3153-3164; Hudecek M. et al., The nonsignalling extracellular spacer domain of chimeric antigen receptors is decisive for in vivo antitumor activity. Cancer Immunol.
- the spacer comprises all or part of or is derived from an IgG hinge, including but not limited to IgG1, IgG2, or IgG4.
- a spacer can comprise all or part of one or more antibody constant domains, such as but not limited to CH2 and/or CH3 domains.
- the CH2 domain in a spacer comprising all or part of a CH2 domain, is modified so as not to bind to an Fc receptor. For example, Fc receptor binding in myeloid cells has been found to impair CAR T cell functionality.
- the spacer comprises all or part of an Ig-like hinge from CD28, CD8, or other protein comprising a hinge region. In certain embodiments of the invention that comprise a spacer, the spacer is from 1 and 50 amino acids in length.
- a CoStAR comprises a full length primary costimulatory receptor which can comprise an extracellular ligand binding and intracellular signalling portion of, without limitation, CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6.
- the costimulatory receptor comprises a chimeric protein, for instance comprising an extracellular ligand binding domain of one of the aforementioned proteins and an intracellular signalling domain of another of the aforementioned proteins.
- the signalling portion of the CoStAR comprises a single signalling domain.
- the signalling portion of the CoStAR comprises a second intracellular signalling domain such as but not limited to: CD2, CD27, CD28, CD40, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (4-1BB), CD150 (SLAM).
- the first and second intracellular signalling domains are the same. In other embodiments, the first and second intracellular signalling domains are different.
- the costimulatory receptor is capable of dimerization. Without being bound by theory, it is thought that CoStARs dimerize or associate with other accessory molecules for signal initiation. In certain embodiments, CoStARs dimerize or associate with accessory molecules through transmembrane domain interactions. In certain embodiments, dimerization or association with accessory molecules is assisted by costimulatory receptor interactions in the intracellular portion, and/or the extracellular portion of the costimulatory receptor.
- the transmembrane domain influences CoStAR function.
- the transmembrane domain is comprised by the full length primary costimulatory receptor domain.
- the transmembrane domain can be that of the extracellular domain or the intracellular domain.
- the transmembrane domain is from CD4, CD8 ⁇ , CD28, or ICOS. Gueden et al.
- the transmembrane domain comprises a hydrophobic ⁇ helix that spans the cell membrane.
- CoStAR signaling domains according to the invention are provided as SEQ ID NOs. 3-12.
- amino acid sequence variants of the antibody moieties or other moieties provided herein are contemplated.
- Amino acid sequence variants of an antibody moiety may be prepared by introducing appropriate modifications into the nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody moiety, or by peptide synthesis. Such modifications include, for example, deletions from, and/or insertions into and/or substitutions of residues within the amino acid sequences of the antibody moiety. Any combination of deletion, insertion, and substitution can be made to arrive at the final construct, provided that the final construct possesses the desired characteristics, e.g., antigen-binding.
- antibody binding domain moieties comprising one or more amino acid substitutions, deletions, or insertions are provided.
- Sites of interest for mutational changes include the antibody binding domain heavy and light chain variable regions (VRs) and frameworks (FRs).
- Amino acid substitutions may be introduced into a binding domain of interest and the products screened for a desired activity, e.g., retained/improved antigen binding or decreased immunogenicity.
- amino acid substitutions may be introduced into one or more of the primary co-stimulatory receptor domain (extracellular or intracellular), secondary costimulatory receptor domain, or extracellular co-receptor domain. Accordingly, the invention encompasses CoStAR proteins and component parts particularly disclosed herein as well as variants thereof, i.e.
- CoStAR proteins and component parts having at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 87%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% sequence identity to the amino acid sequences particularly disclosed herein.
- the terms “percent similarity,” “percent identity,” and “percent homology” when referring to a particular sequence are used as set forth in the University of Wisconsin GCG software program BestFit. Other algorithms may be used, e.g. BLAST, psiBLAST or TBLASTN (which use the method of Altschul et al. (1990) J. Mol. Biol. 215: 405-410), FASTA (which uses the method of Pearson and Lipman (1988) PNAS USA 85: 2444-2448).
- Particular amino acid sequence variants may differ from a reference sequence by insertion, addition, substitution or deletion of 1 amino acid, 2, 3, 4, 5-10, 10-20 or 20-30 amino acids.
- a variant sequence may comprise the reference sequence with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more residues inserted, deleted or substituted. For example, 5, 10, 15, up to 20, up to 30 or up to 40 residues may be inserted, deleted or substituted.
- a variant may differ from a reference sequence by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more conservative substitutions.
- Conservative substitutions involve the replacement of an amino acid with a different amino acid having similar properties. For example, an aliphatic residue may be replaced by another aliphatic residue, a non-polar residue may be replaced by another non-polar residue, an acidic residue may be replaced by another acidic residue, a basic residue may be replaced by another basic residue, a polar residue may be replaced by another polar residue or an aromatic residue may be replaced by another aromatic residue.
- Conservative substitutions may, for example, be between amino acids within the following groups:
- Amino acids may be grouped into different classes according to common side-chain properties: a. hydrophobic: Norleucine, Met, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile; b. neutral hydrophilic: Cys, Ser, Thr, Asn, Gln; c. acidic: Asp, Glu; d. basic: His, Lys, Arg; e. residues that influence chain orientation: Gly, Pro; aomatic: Trp, Tyr, Phe. Non-conservative substitutions will entail exchanging a member of one of these classes for another class.
- the cells used in the present invention may be any lymphocyte that is useful in adoptive cell therapy, such as a T-cell or a natural killer (NK) cell, an NKT cell, a gamma/delta T-cell or T regulatory cell.
- the cells may be allogeneic or autologous to the patient.
- T cells or T lymphocytes are a type of lymphocyte that have a central role in cell-mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocytes, such as B cells and natural killer cells (NK cells), by the presence of a T-cell receptor (TCR) on the cell surface.
- TCR T-cell receptor
- TC cells Cytotoxic T cells
- CTLs destroy virally infected cells and tumour cells, and are also implicated in transplant rejection.
- CTLs express the CD8 molecule at their surface.
- CD8+ cells recognize their targets by binding to antigen associated with MHC class I, which is present on the surface of all nucleated cells.
- MHC class I MHC class I
- IL-10 adenosine and other molecules secreted by regulatory T cells, the CD8+ cells can be inactivated to an anergic state, which prevent autoimmune diseases such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
- Memory T cells are a subset of antigen-specific T cells that persist long-term after an infection has resolved. They quickly expand to large numbers of effector T cells upon re-exposure to their cognate antigen, thus providing the immune system with “memory” against past infections.
- Memory T cells comprise three subtypes: central memory T cells (TCM cells) and two types of effector memory T cells (TEM cells and TEMRA cells). Memory cells may be either CD4+ or CD8+.
- Memory T cells typically express the cell surface protein CD45RO.
- Regulatory T cells (Treg cells), formerly known as suppressor T cells, are crucial for the maintenance of immunological tolerance. Their major role is to shut down T cell-mediated immunity toward the end of an immune reaction and to suppress auto-reactive T cells that escaped the process of negative selection in the thymus.
- Treg cells Two major classes of CD4+ Treg cells have been described—naturally occurring Treg cells and adaptive Treg cells.
- Naturally occurring Treg cells also known as CD4 + CD25 + FoxP3 + Treg cells
- Naturally occurring Treg cells can be distinguished from other T cells by the presence of an intracellular molecule called FoxP3.
- Adaptive Treg cells also known as Tr1 cells or Th3 cells may originate during a normal immune response.
- Natural Killer Cells are a type of cytolytic cell which form part of the innate immune system. NK cells provide rapid responses to innate signals from virally infected cells in an MHC independent manner. NK cells (belonging to the group of innate lymphoid cells) are defined as large granular lymphocytes (LGL) and constitute the third kind of cells differentiated from the common lymphoid progenitor generating B and T lymphocytes.
- LGL large granular lymphocytes
- therapeutic cells of the invention comprise autologous cells engineered to express a CoStAR.
- therapeutic cells of the invention comprise allogeneic cells engineered to express a CoStAR.
- Autologous cells expressing CoStARs may be advantageous in avoiding graft-versus-host disease (GVDH) due to TCR-mediated recognition of recipient alloantigens.
- GVDH graft-versus-host disease
- the immune system of a CoStAR recipient could attack the infused CoStAR cells, causing rejection.
- endogenous TcR is removed from allogeneic CoStAR cells by genome editing.
- An aspect of the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence of the invention, encoding any of the CoStARs, polypeptides, or proteins described herein (including functional portions and functional variants thereof).
- polynucleotide “nucleotide”, and “nucleic acid” are intended to be synonymous with each other. It will be understood by a skilled person that numerous different polynucleotides and nucleic acids can encode the same polypeptide as a result of the degeneracy of the genetic code.
- Nucleic acids according to the invention may comprise DNA or RNA. They may be single stranded or double-stranded. They may also be polynucleotides which include within them synthetic or modified nucleotides. A number of different types of modification to oligonucleotides are known in the art.
- polynucleotides may be modified by any method available in the art. Such modifications may be carried out in order to enhance the in vivo activity or life span of polynucleotides of interest.
- nucleic acid sequence may encode the protein sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof.
- nucleotide sequence may comprise the codon optimised human CD28 nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or variants thereof (represented in FIG. 1 ).
- the invention also provides a nucleic acid sequence which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a CoStAR and a further nucleic acid sequence encoding a T-cell receptor (TCR) and/or chimeric antigen receptor (CAR).
- TCR T-cell receptor
- CAR chimeric antigen receptor
- the nucleic acid sequences may be joined by a sequence allowing co-expression of the two or more nucleic acid sequences.
- the construct may comprise an internal promoter, an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES) sequence or a sequence encoding a cleavage site.
- the cleavage site may be self-cleaving, such that when the polypeptide is produced, it is immediately cleaved into the discrete proteins without the need for any external cleavage activity.
- Various self-cleaving sites are known, including the Foot- and Mouth disease virus (FMDV) and the 2A self-cleaving peptide.
- the co-expressing sequence may be an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES).
- the co-expressing sequence may be an internal promoter.
- the present invention provides a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence or nucleic acid construct of the invention.
- Such a vector may be used to introduce the nucleic acid sequence(s) or nucleic acid construct(s) into a host cell so that it expresses one or more CoStAR(s) according to the first aspect of the invention and, optionally, one or more other proteins of interest (POI), for example a TCR or a CAR.
- the vector may, for example, be a plasmid or a viral vector, such as a retroviral vector or a lentiviral vector, or a transposon-based vector or synthetic mRNA.
- nucleic acids of the present invention may also be used for nucleic acid immunization and gene therapy, using standard gene delivery protocols. Methods for gene delivery are known in the art. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,399,346, 5,580,859, 5,589,466, incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
- Vectors derived from retroviruses are suitable tools to achieve long-term gene transfer since they allow long-term, stable integration of a transgene or transgenes and its propagation in daughter cells.
- the vector may be capable of transfecting or transducing a lymphocyte including a T cell or an NK cell.
- the present invention also provides vectors in which a nucleic acid of the present invention is inserted.
- the expression of natural or synthetic nucleic acids encoding a CoStAR, and optionally a TCR or CAR is typically achieved by operably linking a nucleic acid encoding the CoStAR and TCR/CAR polypeptide or portions thereof to one or more promoters, and incorporating the construct into an expression vector.
- promoter elements e.g., enhancers
- promoters regulate the frequency of transcriptional initiation.
- these are located in the region 30-110 bp upstream of the start site, although a number of promoters have recently been shown to contain functional elements downstream of the start site as well.
- the spacing between promoter elements frequently is flexible, so that promoter function is preserved when elements are inverted or moved relative to one another.
- tk thymidine kinase
- the spacing between promoter elements can be increased to 50 bp apart before activity begins to decline.
- a suitable promoter is the immediate early cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter sequence.
- CMV immediate early cytomegalovirus
- This promoter sequence is a strong constitutive promoter sequence capable of driving high levels of expression of any polynucleotide sequence operatively linked thereto.
- Another example of a suitable promoter is Elongation Growth Factor-1 ⁇ (EF-1 ⁇ ).
- constitutive promoter sequences may also be used, including, but not limited to the simian virus 40 (SV40) early promoter, mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter, MoMuLV promoter, an avian leukemia virus promoter, an Epstein-Barr virus immediate early promoter, a Rous sarcoma virus promoter, as well as human gene promoters such as, but not limited to, the actin promoter, the myosin promoter, the hemoglobin promoter, and the creatine kinase promoter.
- SV40 simian virus 40
- MMTV mouse mammary tumour virus
- HSV human immunodeficiency virus
- LTR long terminal repeat
- MoMuLV promoter MoMuLV promoter
- an avian leukemia virus promoter an Epstein-Barr virus immediate early promoter
- Rous sarcoma virus promoter as well as human gene promoters such as
- the vectors can be suitable for replication and integration in eukaryotic cells.
- Typical cloning vectors contain transcription and translation terminators, initiation sequences, and promoters useful for regulation of the expression of the desired nucleic acid sequence.
- Viral vector technology is well known in the art and is described, for example, in Sambrook et al. (2001, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York), and in other virology and molecular biology manuals, see also, WO 01/96584; WO 01/29058; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,326,193).
- the constructs are as shown in SEQ ID NOS:3-12 (diagramatically represented in FIG. 2 ).
- the nucleic acids are multi-cistronic constructs that permit the expression of multiple transgenes (e.g., CoStAR and a TCR and/or CAR etc.) under the control of a single promoter.
- the transgenes e.g., CoStAR and a TCR and/or CAR etc.
- the transgenes are separated by a self-cleaving 2A peptide.
- 2A peptides useful in the nucleic acid constructs of the invention include F2A, P2A, T2A and E2A.
- the nucleic acid construct of the invention is a multi-cistronic construct comprising two promoters; one promoter driving the expression of CoStAR and the other promoter driving the expression of the TCR or CAR.
- the dual promoter constructs of the invention are uni-directional. In other embodiments, the dual promoter constructs of the invention are bi-directional.
- the expression vector to be introduced into a cell can also contain either a selectable marker gene or a reporter gene or both to facilitate identification and selection of expressing cells from the population of cells sought to be transfected or transduced through viral vectors.
- a source of cells e.g., immune effector cells, e.g., T cells or NK cells
- T cells can be obtained from a number of sources, including peripheral blood mononuclear cells, bone marrow, lymph node tissue, cord blood, thymus tissue, tissue from a site of infection, ascites, pleural effusion, spleen tissue, and tumours.
- T cells are isolated from peripheral blood lymphocytes by lysing the red blood cells and depleting the monocytes, for example, by centrifugation through a PERCOLLTM gradient or by counterflow centrifugal elutriation.
- T cells can be further isolated by positive or negative selection techniques.
- T cells are isolated by incubation with anti-CD3/anti-CD28-conjugated beads, such as DYNABEADS® M-450 CD3/CD28 T, for a time period sufficient for positive selection of the desired T cells.
- the time period is about 30 minutes.
- the time period ranges from 30 minutes to 36 hours or longer and all integer values there between.
- the time period is at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 hours.
- the time period is 10 to 24 hours.
- the incubation time period is 24 hours. Longer incubation times may be used to isolate T cells in any situation where there are few T cells as compared to other cell types, such in isolating tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) from tumour tissue or from immunocompromised individuals. Further, use of longer incubation times can increase the efficiency of capture of CD8+ T cells. Thus, by simply shortening or lengthening the time T cells are allowed to bind to the CD3/CD28 beads and/or by increasing or decreasing the ratio of beads to T cells (as described further herein), subpopulations of T cells can be preferentially selected for or against at culture initiation or at other time points during the process.
- TIL tumour infiltrating lymphocytes
- subpopulations of T cells can be preferentially selected for or against at culture initiation or at other desired time points.
- multiple rounds of selection can also be used in the context of this invention. In certain aspects, it may be desirable to perform the selection procedure and use the “unselected” cells in the activation and expansion process. “Unselected” cells can also be subjected to further rounds of selection.
- Enrichment of a T cell population by negative selection can be accomplished with a combination of antibodies directed to surface markers unique to the negatively selected cells.
- One method is cell sorting and/or selection via negative magnetic immunoadherence or flow cytometry that uses a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies directed to cell surface markers present on the cells negatively selected.
- a monoclonal antibody cocktail typically includes antibodies to CD14, CD20, CD16, HLA-DR, and CD8.
- T regulatory cells are depleted by anti-CD25 conjugated beads or other similar method of selection.
- the methods described herein can include, e.g., selection of a specific subpopulation of immune effector cells, e.g., T cells, that are a T regulatory cell-depleted population, CD25+ depleted cells, using, e.g., a negative selection technique, e.g., described herein.
- the population of T regulatory depleted cells contains less than 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1% of CD25+ cells.
- a specific subpopulation of CoStAR effector cells that specifically bind to a target antigen can be enriched for by positive selection techniques.
- effector cells are enriched for by incubation with target antigen-conjugated beads for a time period sufficient for positive selection of the desired abTCR effector cells.
- the time period is about 30 minutes.
- the time period ranges from 30 minutes to 36 hours or longer (including all ranges between these values).
- the time period is at least one, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 hours.
- the time period is 10 to 24 hours.
- the incubation time period is 24 hours.
- T cells for stimulation can also be frozen after a washing step. After the washing step that removes plasma and platelets, the cells may be suspended in a freezing solution. While many freezing solutions and parameters are known in the art and will be useful in this context, one method involves using PBS containing 20% DMSO and 8% human serum albumin, or culture media containing 10% Dextran 40 and 5% Dextrose, 20% Human Serum Albumin and 7.5% DMSO, or 31.25% Plasmalyte-A, 31.25% Dextrose 5%, 0.45% NaCl, 10% Dextran 40 and 5% Dextrose, 20% Human Serum Albumin, and 7.5% DMSO or other suitable cell freezing media containing for example, Hespan and PlasmaLyte A, the cells then are frozen to ⁇ 80° C. at a rate of 1° per minute and stored in the vapor phase of a liquid nitrogen storage tank. Other methods of controlled freezing may be used as well as uncontrolled freezing immediately at ⁇ 20° C. or in liquid nitrogen.
- the immune effector cell can be an allogeneic immune effector cell, e.g., T cell or NK cell.
- the cell can be an allogeneic T cell, e.g., an allogeneic T cell lacking expression of endogenous T cell receptor (TCR) and/or human leukocyte antigen (HLA), e.g., HLA class I and/or HLA class II.
- TCR endogenous T cell receptor
- HLA human leukocyte antigen
- a T cell lacking a functional endogenous TCR can be, e.g., engineered such that it does not express any functional TCR on its surface, engineered such that it does not express one or more subunits that comprise a functional TCR (e.g., engineered such that it does not express (or exhibits reduced expression) of TCR alpha, TCR beta, TCR gamma, TCR delta, TCR epsilon, and/or TCR zeta) or engineered such that it produces very little functional TCR on its surface.
- the T cell can express a substantially impaired TCR, e.g., by expression of mutated or truncated forms of one or more of the subunits of the TCR.
- substantially impaired TCR means that this TCR will not elicit an adverse immune reaction in a host.
- a T cell described herein can be, e.g., engineered such that it does not express a functional HLA on its surface.
- a T cell described herein can be engineered such that cell surface expression HLA, e.g., HLA class 1 and/or HLA class II, is downregulated.
- HLA e.g., HLA class 1 and/or HLA class II
- downregulation of HLA may be accomplished by reducing or eliminating expression of beta-2 microglobulin (B2M).
- the T cell can lack a functional TCR and a functional HLA, e.g., HLA class I and/or HLA class II.
- Modified T cells that lack expression of a functional TCR and/or HLA can be obtained by any suitable means, including a knock out or knock down of one or more subunit of TCR or HLA.
- the T cell can include a knock down of TCR and/or HLA using siRNA, shRNA, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) transcription-activator like effector nuclease (TALEN), or zinc finger endonuclease (ZFN).
- siRNA siRNA
- shRNA clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
- TALEN clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
- ZFN zinc finger endonuclease
- the allogeneic cell can be a cell which does not expresses or expresses at low levels an inhibitory molecule, e.g. a cell engineered by any method described herein.
- the cell can be a cell that does not express or expresses at low levels an inhibitory molecule, e.g., that can decrease the ability of a CoStAR-expressing cell to mount an immune effector response.
- inhibitory molecules examples include PD1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA4, TIM3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1, CEACAM-3 and/or CEACAM-5), LAG3, VISTA, BTLA, TIGIT, LAIR1, CD160, 2B4, CD80, CD86, B7-H3 (CD276), B7-H4 (VTCN1), HVEM (TNFRSF14 or CD270), KIR, A2aR, MHC class I, MHC class II, Ga19, adenosine, and TGFR beta.
- Inhibition of an inhibitory molecule e.g., by inhibition at the DNA, RNA or protein level, can optimize a CAR-expressing cell performance.
- an inhibitory nucleic acid e.g., an inhibitory nucleic acid, e.g., a dsRNA, e.g., an siRNA or shRNA, a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), a transcription-activator like effector nuclease (TALEN), or a zinc finger endonuclease (ZFN), e.g., as described herein, can be used.
- an inhibitory nucleic acid e.g., a dsRNA, e.g., an siRNA or shRNA, a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), a transcription-activator like effector nuclease (TALEN), or a zinc finger endonuclease (ZFN), e.g., as described herein, can be used.
- CRISPR clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
- TALEN transcription-activator like effector nu
- TCR expression and/or HLA expression can be inhibited using siRNA or shRNA that targets a nucleic acid encoding a TCR and/or HLA, and/or an inhibitory molecule described herein (e.g., PD1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA4, TIM3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1, CEACAM-3 and/or CEACAM-5), LAG3, VISTA, BTLA, TIGIT, LAIR1, CD160, 2B4, CD80, CD86, B7-H3 (CD276), B7-H4 (VTCN1), HVEM (TNFRSF14 or CD270), KIR, A2aR, MHC class I, MHC class II, Ga19, adenosine, and TGFR beta), in a T cell.
- siRNA or shRNA that targets a nucleic acid encoding a TCR and/or HLA, and/or an inhibitory molecule described herein (e.g., PD1,
- siRNA and shRNAs in T cells can be achieved using any conventional expression system, e.g., such as a lentiviral expression system.
- exemplary shRNAs that downregulate expression of components of the TCR are described, e.g., in US Publication No.: 2012/0321667.
- Exemplary siRNA and shRNA that downregulate expression of HLA class I and/or HLA class II genes are described, e.g., in U.S. publication No.: US 2007/0036773.
- CRISPR or “CRISPR to inhibit TCR and/or HLA” as used herein refers to a set of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, or a system comprising such a set of repeats. “Cas”, as used herein, refers to a CRISPR-associated protein.
- CRISPR/Cas refers to a system derived from CRISPR and Cas which can be used to silence or mutate a TCR and/or HLA gene, and/or an inhibitory molecule described herein (e.g., PD1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA4, TIM3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1, CEACAM-3 and/or CEACAM-5), LAG3, VISTA, BTLA, TIGIT, LAIR1, CD160, 2B4, CD80, CD86, B7-H3 (CD276), B7-H4 (VTCN1), HVEM (TNFRSF14 or CD270), KIR, A2aR, MHC class I, MHC class II, GALS, adenosine, and TGFR beta).
- an inhibitory molecule described herein e.g., PD1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA4, TIM3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1, CEACAM-3
- CRISPR/Cas systems are found in approximately 40% of sequenced eubacteria genomes and 90% of sequenced archaea. Grissa et al. (2007) BMC Bioinformatics 8: 172. This system is a type of prokaryotic immune system that confers resistance to foreign genetic elements such as plasmids and phages and provides a form of acquired immunity. Barrangou et al. (2007) Science 315: 1709-1712; Marragini et al. (2008) Science 322: 1843-1845.
- T cells may be activated and expanded generally using methods as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,352,694; 6,534,055; 6,905,680; 6,692,964; 5,858,358; 6,887,466; 6,905,681; 7,144,575; 7,067,318; 7,172,869; 7,232,566; 7,175,843; 5,883,223; 6,905,874; 6,797,514; 6,867,041; and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20060121005.
- the T cells of the invention may be expanded by contact with a surface having attached thereto an agent that stimulates a CD3/TCR complex associated signal and a ligand that stimulates a costimulatory molecule on the surface of the T cells.
- T cell populations may be stimulated as described herein, such as by contact with an anti-CD3 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, or an anti-CD2 antibody immobilized on a surface, or by contact with a protein kinase C activator (e.g., bryostatin) in conjunction with a calcium ionophore.
- a ligand that binds the accessory molecule is used for co-stimulation of an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells.
- a population of T cells can be contacted with an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody, under conditions appropriate for stimulating proliferation of the T cells.
- an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody can be used.
- an anti-CD28 antibody include 9.3, B-T3, XR-CD28 (Diaclone, Besancon, France) can be used as can other methods commonly known in the art (Berg et al., Transplant Proc. 30(8):3975-3977, 1998; Haanen et al., J. Exp. Med. 190(9):13191328, 1999; Garland et al., J. Immunol Meth. 227(1-2):53-63, 1999).
- expansion can be performed using flasks or containers, or gas-permeable containers known by those of skill in the art and can proceed for 7 days, 8 days, 9 days, 10 days, 11 days, 12 days, 13 days, or 14 days, about 7 days to about 14 days, about 8 days to about 14 days, about 9 days to about 14 days, about 10 days to about 14 days, about 11 days to about 14 days, about 12 days to about 14 days, or about 13 days to about 14 days.
- the second TIL expansion can proceed for about 14 days.
- the expansion can be performed using non-specific T-cell receptor stimulation in the presence of interleukin-2 (IL-2) or interleukin-15 (IL-15).
- the non-specific T-cell receptor stimulus can include, for example, an anti-CD3 antibody, such as about 30 ng/ml of OKT3, a mouse monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody (commercially available from Ortho-McNeil, Raritan, N.J. or Miltenyi Biotech, Auburn, Calif.) or UHCT-1 (commercially available from BioLegend, San Diego, Calif., USA).
- CoStAR cells can be expanded in vitro by including one or more antigens, including antigenic portions thereof, such as epitope(s), of a cancer, which can be optionally expressed from a vector, such as a human leukocyte antigen A2 (HLA-A2) binding peptide, e.g., 0.3 .mu.M MART-1:26-35 (27 L) or gp1 00:209-217 (210M), optionally in the presence of a T-cell growth factor, such as 300 IU/mL IL-2 or IL-15.
- HLA-A2 human leukocyte antigen A2
- T-cell growth factor such as 300 IU/mL IL-2 or IL-15.
- CoStAR cells may also be rapidly expanded by re-stimulation with the same antigen(s) of the cancer pulsed onto HLA-A2-expressing antigen-presenting cells.
- the CoStAR cells can be further stimulated with, e.g., example, irradiated, autologous lymphocytes or with irradiated HLA-A2+ allogeneic lymphocytes and IL-2.
- the stimulation occurs as part of the expansion.
- the expansion occurs in the presence of irradiated, autologous lymphocytes or with irradiated HLA-A2+ allogeneic lymphocytes and IL-2.
- the cell culture medium comprises IL-2.
- the cell culture medium comprises about 1000 IU/mL, about 1500 IU/mL, about 2000 IU/mL, about 2500 IU/mL, about 3000 IU/mL, about 3500 IU/mL, about 4000 IU/mL, about 4500 IU/mL, about 5000 IU/mL, about 5500 IU/mL, about 6000 IU/mL, about 6500 IU/mL, about 7000 IU/mL, about 7500 IU/mL, or about 8000 IU/mL, or between 1000 and 2000 IU/mL, between 2000 and 3000 IU/mL, between 3000 and 4000 IU/mL, between 4000 and 5000 IU/mL, between 5000 and 6000 IU/mL, between 6000 and 7000 IU/mL, between 7000 and 8000 IU/mL, or between 8000 IU/mL of IL-2.
- the cell culture medium comprises OKT3 antibody.
- the cell culture medium comprises about 0.1 ng/mL, about 0.5 ng/mL, about 1 ng/mL, about 2.5 ng/mL, about 5 ng/mL, about 7.5 ng/mL, about 10 ng/mL, about 15 ng/mL, about 20 ng/mL, about 25 ng/mL, about 30 ng/mL, about 35 ng/mL, about 40 ng/mL, about 50 ng/mL, about 60 ng/mL, about 70 ng/mL, about 80 ng/mL, about 90 ng/mL, about 100 ng/mL, about 200 ng/mL, about 500 ng/mL, about 1 ⁇ g/mL or between 0.1 ng/mL and 1 ng/mL, between 1 ng/mL and 5 ng/mL, between 5 ng/mL and 10 ng/mL, between 10 ng/mL
- a combination of IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, and/or IL-21 are employed as a combination during the expansion.
- IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, and/or IL-21 as well as any combinations thereof can be included during the expansion.
- a combination of IL-2, IL-15, and IL-21 are employed as a combination during the expansion.
- IL-2, IL-15, and IL-21 as well as any combinations thereof can be included.
- the expansion can be conducted in a supplemented cell culture medium comprising IL-2, OKT-3, and antigen-presenting feeder cells.
- the expansion culture media comprises about 500 IU/mL of IL-15, about 400 IU/mL of IL-15, about 300 IU/mL of IL-15, about 200 IU/mL of IL-15, about 180 IU/mL of IL-15, about 160 IU/mL of IL-15, about 140 IU/mL of IL-15, about 120 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 100 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 500 IU/mL of IL-15 to about 100 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 400 IU/mL of IL-15 to about 100 IU/mL of IL-15 or about 300 IU/mL of IL-15 to about 100 IU/mL of IL-15 or about 200 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 180 IU/mL of IL-15.
- the expansion culture media comprises about 20 IU/mL of IL-21, about 15 IU/mL of IL-21, about 12 IU/mL of IL-21, about 10 IU/mL of IL-21, about 5 IU/mL of IL-21, about 4 IU/mL of IL-21, about 3 IU/mL of IL-21, about 2 IU/mL of IL-21, about 1 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 20 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 15 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 12 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 10 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 5 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 1 IU/m
- the antigen-presenting feeder cells are PBMCs.
- the ratio of CoStAR cells to PBMCs and/or antigen-presenting cells in the expansion is about 1 to 25, about 1 to 50, about 1 to 100, about 1 to 125, about 1 to 150, about 1 to 175, about 1 to 200, about 1 to 225, about 1 to 250, about 1 to 275, about 1 to 300, about 1 to 325, about 1 to 350, about 1 to 375, about 1 to 400, or about 1 to 500, or between 1 to 50 and 1 to 300, or between 1 to 100 and 1 to 200.
- the primary stimulatory signal and the costimulatory signal for the T cell may be provided by different protocols.
- the agents providing each signal may be in solution or coupled to a surface. When coupled to a surface, the agents may be coupled to the same surface (i.e., in “cis” formation) or to separate surfaces (i.e., in “trans” formation).
- one agent may be coupled to a surface and the other agent in solution.
- the agent providing the costimulatory signal is bound to a cell surface and the agent providing the primary activation signal is in solution or coupled to a surface. In certain aspects, both agents can be in solution.
- the agents may be in soluble form, and then cross-linked to a surface, such as a cell expressing Fc receptors or an antibody or other binding agent which will bind to the agents.
- a surface such as a cell expressing Fc receptors or an antibody or other binding agent which will bind to the agents.
- aAPCs artificial antigen presenting cells
- the two agents are immobilized on beads, either on the same bead, i.e., “cis,” or to separate beads, i.e., “trans.”
- the agent providing the primary activation signal is an anti-CD3 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and the agent providing the costimulatory signal is an anti-CD28 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof; and both agents are co-immobilized to the same bead in equivalent molecular amounts.
- a 1:1 ratio of each antibody bound to the beads for CD4+ T cell expansion and T cell growth is used.
- a ratio of anti CD3:CD28 antibodies bound to the beads is used such that an increase in T cell expansion is observed as compared to the expansion observed using a ratio of 1:1. In one particular aspect an increase of from about 1 to about 3 fold is observed as compared to the expansion observed using a ratio of 1:1.
- the ratio of CD3:CD28 antibody bound to the beads ranges from 100:1 to 1:100 and all integer values there between. In one aspect of the present invention, more anti-CD28 antibody is bound to the particles than anti-CD3 antibody, i.e., the ratio of CD3:CD28 is less than one. In certain aspects of the invention, the ratio of anti CD28 antibody to anti CD3 antibody bound to the beads is greater than 2:1.
- a 1:100 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one aspect, a 1:75 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In a further aspect, a 1:50 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one aspect, a 1:30 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one preferred aspect, a 1:10 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one aspect, a 1:3 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to the beads is used. In yet one aspect, a 3:1 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to the beads is used.
- Ratios of particles to cells from 1:500 to 500:1 and any integer values in between may be used to stimulate T cells or other target cells.
- the ratio of particles to cells may depend on particle size relative to the target cell. For example, small sized beads could only bind a few cells, while larger beads could bind many.
- the ratio of cells to particles ranges from 1:100 to 100:1 and any integer values in-between and in further aspects the ratio comprises 1:9 to 9:1 and any integer values in between, can also be used to stimulate T cells.
- the ratio of anti-CD3- and anti-CD28-coupled particles to T cells that result in T cell stimulation can vary as noted above, however certain preferred values include 1:100, 1:50, 1:40, 1:30, 1:20, 1:10, 1:9, 1:8, 1:7, 1:6, 1:5, 1:4, 1:3, 1:2, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, 6:1, 7:1, 8:1, 9:1, 10:1, and 15:1 with one preferred ratio being at least 1:1 particles per T cell.
- a ratio of particles to cells of 1:1 or less is used.
- a preferred particle: cell ratio is 1:5.
- the ratio of particles to cells can be varied depending on the day of stimulation.
- the ratio of particles to cells is from 1:1 to 10:1 on the first day and additional particles are added to the cells every day or every other day thereafter for up to 10 days, at final ratios of from 1:1 to 1:10 (based on cell counts on the day of addition).
- the ratio of particles to cells is 1:1 on the first day of stimulation and adjusted to 1:5 on the third and fifth days of stimulation.
- particles are added on a daily or every other day basis to a final ratio of 1:1 on the first day, and 1:5 on the third and fifth days of stimulation.
- the ratio of particles to cells is 2:1 on the first day of stimulation and adjusted to 1:10 on the third and fifth days of stimulation.
- particles are added on a daily or every other day basis to a final ratio of 1:1 on the first day, and 1:10 on the third and fifth days of stimulation.
- ratios will vary depending on particle size and on cell size and type.
- the most typical ratios for use are in the neighborhood of 1:1, 2:1 and 3:1 on the first day.
- the cells such as T cells
- the cells are combined with agent-coated beads, the beads and the cells are subsequently separated, and then the cells are cultured.
- the agent-coated beads and cells prior to culture, are not separated but are cultured together.
- the beads and cells are first concentrated by application of a force, such as a magnetic force, resulting in increased ligation of cell surface markers, thereby inducing cell stimulation.
- Retrovirus-based gene delivery is a mature, well-characterized technology, which has been used to permanently integrate CARs into the host cell genome (Scholler J., e.g. Decade-long safety and function of retroviral-modified chimeric antigen receptor T cells. Sci. Transl. Med. 2012; 4:132ra53; Rosenberg S. A. et al., Gene transfer into humans—immunotherapy of patients with advanced melanoma, using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes modified by retroviral gene transduction. N. Engl. J. Med. 1990; 323:570-578).
- Non-viral DNA transfection methods can also be used.
- Singh et al describes use of the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system developed to engineer CAR T cells (Singh H., et al., Redirecting specificity of T-cell populations for CD19 using the Sleeping Beauty system. Cancer Res. 2008; 68:2961-2971) and is being used in clinical trials (see e.g., ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00968760 and NCT01653717).
- SB Sleeping Beauty
- SB100X hyperactive transposase
- MMs L. et al. Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive Sleeping Beauty transposase enables robust stable gene transfer in vertebrates. Nat. Genet. 2009; 41:753-761
- multiple transgenes can be delivered from multicistronic single plasmids (e.g., Thokala R.
- Morita et al describes the piggyBac transposon system to integrate larger transgenes (Morita D. et al., Enhanced expression of anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor in piggyBac transposon-engineered T cells. Mol. Ther. Methods Clin. Dev. 2017; 8:131-140)
- Nakazawa et al. describes use of the system to generate EBV-specific cytotoxic T-cells expressing HER2-specific chimeric antigen receptor (Nakazawa Y et al, PiggyBac-mediated cancer immunotherapy using EBV-specific cytotoxic T-cells expressing HER2-specific chimeric antigen receptor. Mol. Ther. 2011; 19:2133-2143).
- Manuri et al used the system to generate CD-19 specific T cells (Manuri P. V. R. et al., piggyBac transposon/transposase system to generate CD19-specific T cells for the treatment of B-lineage malignancies. Hum. Gene Ther. 2010; 21:427-437).
- Transposon technology is easy and economical.
- One potential drawback is the longer expansion protocols currently employed may result in T cell differentiation, impaired activity and poor persistence of the infused cells.
- Monjezi et al describe development minicircle vectors that minimize these difficulties through higher efficiency integrations (Monjezi R. et al., Enhanced CAR T-cell engineering using non-viral Sleeping Beauty transposition from minicircle vectors. Leukemia. 2017; 31:186-194). These transposon technologies can be used for CoStARs of the invention.
- the present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a vector or a CoStAR expressing cell of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient, and optionally one or more further pharmaceutically active polypeptides and/or compounds.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising a CoStAR described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- a pharmaceutical composition comprising a nucleic acid encoding a CoStAR according to any of the embodiments described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- a pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising an effector cell expressing a CoStAR described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- Such a formulation may, for example, be in a form suitable for intravenous infusion.
- pharmaceutically acceptable or “pharmacologically compatible” is meant a material that is not biologically or otherwise undesirable, e.g., the material may be incorporated into a pharmaceutical composition administered to a patient without causing any significant undesirable biological effects or interacting in a deleterious manner with any of the other components of the composition in which it is contained.
- Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients have preferably met the required standards of toxicological and manufacturing testing and/or are included on the Inactive Ingredient Guide prepared by the U.S. Food and Drug administration.
- An aspect of the invention provides a population of modified T cells expressing a recombinant CoStAR.
- a suitable population may be produced by a method described above.
- the population of modified T cells may be for use as a medicament.
- a population of modified T cells as described herein may be used in cancer immunotherapy therapy, for example adoptive T cell therapy.
- aspects of the invention provide the use of a population of modified T cells as described herein for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of cancer, a population of modified T cells as described herein for the treatment of cancer, and a method of treatment of cancer may comprise administering a population of modified T cells as described herein to an individual in need thereof.
- the population of modified T cells may be autologous i.e. the modified T cells were originally obtained from the same individual to whom they are subsequently administered (i.e. the donor and recipient individual are the same).
- a suitable population of modified T cells for administration to the individual may be produced by a method comprising providing an initial population of T cells obtained from the individual, modifying the T cells to express a cAMP PDE or fragment thereof and an antigen receptor which binds specifically to cancer cells in the individual, and culturing the modified T cells.
- the population of modified T cells may be allogeneic i.e. the modified T cells were originally obtained from a different individual to the individual to whom they are subsequently administered (i.e. the donor and recipient individual are different).
- the donor and recipient individuals may be HLA matched to avoid GVHD and other undesirable immune effects.
- a suitable population of modified T cells for administration to a recipient individual may be produced by a method comprising providing an initial population of T cells obtained from a donor individual, modifying the T cells to express a CoStAR which binds specifically to cancer cells in the recipient individual, and culturing the modified T cells.
- the recipient individual may exhibit a T cell mediated immune response against cancer cells in the recipient individual. This may have a beneficial effect on the cancer condition in the individual.
- Cancer conditions may be characterised by the abnormal proliferation of malignant cancer cells and may include leukaemias, such as AML, CML, ALL and CLL, lymphomas, such as Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma, and solid cancers such as sarcomas, skin cancer, melanoma, bladder cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, uterus cancer, ovary cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, cervical cancer, liver cancer, head and neck cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreas cancer, renal cancer, adrenal cancer, stomach cancer, testicular cancer, cancer of the gall bladder and biliary tracts, thyroid cancer, thymus cancer, cancer of bone, and cerebral cancer, as well as cancer of unknown primary (CUP).
- leukaemias such as AML, CML, ALL and CLL
- lymphomas such as Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple mye
- Cancer cells within an individual may be immunologically distinct from normal somatic cells in the individual (i.e. the cancerous tumour may be immunogenic).
- the cancer cells may be capable of eliciting a systemic immune response in the individual against one or more antigens expressed by the cancer cells.
- the tumour antigens that elicit the immune response may be specific to cancer cells or may be shared by one or more normal cells in the individual.
- An individual suitable for treatment as described above may be a mammal, such as a rodent (e.g. a guinea pig, a hamster, a rat, a mouse), murine (e.g. a mouse), canine (e.g. a dog), feline (e.g. a cat), equine (e.g. a horse), a primate, simian (e.g. a monkey or ape), a monkey (e.g. marmoset, baboon), an ape (e.g. gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, gibbon), or a human.
- a rodent e.g. a guinea pig, a hamster, a rat, a mouse
- murine e.g. a mouse
- canine e.g. a dog
- feline e.g. a cat
- equine e.g. a horse
- the individual is a human.
- non-human mammals especially mammals that are conventionally used as models for demonstrating therapeutic efficacy in humans (e.g. murine, primate, porcine, canine, or rabbit animals) may be employed.
- terapéuticaally effective amount refers to an amount of a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein, effective to “treat” a disease or disorder in an individual.
- the therapeutically effective amount of a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein can reduce the number of cancer cells; reduce the tumour size or weight; inhibit (i.e., slow to some extent and preferably stop) cancer cell infiltration into peripheral organs; inhibit (i.e., slow to some extent and preferably stop) tumour metastasis; inhibit, to some extent, tumour growth; and/or relieve to some extent one or more of the symptoms associated with the cancer.
- a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein can prevent growth and/or kill existing cancer cells, it can be cytostatic and/or cytotoxic.
- the therapeutically effective amount is a growth inhibitory amount. In some embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount is an amount that improves progression free survival of a patient.
- the therapeutically effective amount of a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein can reduce the number of cells infected by the pathogen; reduce the production or release of pathogen-derived antigens; inhibit (i.e., slow to some extent and preferably stop) spread of the pathogen to uninfected cells; and/or relieve to some extent one or more symptoms associated with the infection.
- the therapeutically effective amount is an amount that extends the survival of a patient.
- T and NK cells expressing CoStARs for use in the methods of the present may either be created ex vivo either from a patient's own peripheral blood (autologous), or in the setting of a haematopoietic stem cell transplant from donor peripheral blood (allogenic), or peripheral blood from an unconnected donor (allogenic).
- T-cells or NK cells may be derived from ex-vivo differentiation of inducible progenitor cells or embryonic progenitor cells to T-cells or NK cells.
- T-cells expressing a CoStAR and, optionally, a CAR and/or TCR are generated by introducing DNA or RNA coding for the CoStAR and, optionally, a CAR and/or TCR, by one of many means including transduction with a viral vector, transfection with DNA or RNA.
- T or NK cells expressing a CoStAR of the present invention and, optionally, expressing a TCR and/or CAR may be used for the treatment of haematological cancers or solid tumours.
- a method for the treatment of disease relates to the therapeutic use of a vector or cell, including a T or NK cell, of the invention.
- the vector, or T or NK cell may be administered to a subject having an existing disease or condition in order to lessen, reduce or improve at least one symptom associated with the disease and/or to slow down, reduce or block the progression of the disease.
- the method of the invention may cause or promote T-cell mediated killing of cancer cells.
- the vector, or T or NK cell according to the present invention may be administered to a patient with one or more additional therapeutic agents.
- the one or more additional therapeutic agents can be co-administered to the patient.
- co-administering is meant administering one or more additional therapeutic agents and the vector, or T or NK cell of the present invention sufficiently close in time such that the vector, or T or NK cell can enhance the effect of one or more additional therapeutic agents, or vice versa.
- the vectors or cells can be administered first and the one or more additional therapeutic agents can be administered second, or vice versa.
- the vectors or cells and the one or more additional therapeutic agents can be administered simultaneously.
- One co-administered therapeutic agent that may be useful is IL-2, as this is currently used in existing cell therapies to boost the activity of administered cells.
- IL-2 treatment is associated with toxicity and tolerability issues.
- the CoStAR effector cells can be allogeneic or autologous to the patient.
- allogeneic cells are further genetically modified, for example by gene editing, so as to minimize or prevent GVHD and/or a patient's immune response against the CoStAR cells.
- the CoStAR effector cells are used to treat cancers and neoplastic diseases associated with a target antigen.
- Cancers and neoplastic diseases that may be treated using any of the methods described herein include tumours that are not vascularized, or not yet substantially vascularized, as well as vascularized tumours.
- the cancers may comprise non-solid tumours (such as hematological tumours, for example, leukemias and lymphomas) or may comprise solid tumours.
- Types of cancers to be treated with the CoStAR effector cells of the invention include, but are not limited to, carcinoma, blastoma, and sarcoma, and certain leukemia or lymphoid malignancies, benign and malignant tumours, and malignancies e.g., sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas.
- carcinoma blastoma
- sarcoma certain leukemia or lymphoid malignancies
- benign and malignant tumours e.g., sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas.
- malignancies e.g., sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas.
- adults tumours/cancers and pediatric tumours/cancers are also included.
- Hematologic cancers are cancers of the blood or bone marrow.
- hematological (or hematogenous) cancers include leukemias, including acute leukemias (such as acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia and myeloblastic, promyelocytic, myelomonocytic, monocytic and erythroleukemia), chronic leukemias (such as chronic myelocytic (granulocytic) leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia), polycythemia vera, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (indolent and high grade forms), multiple myeloma, plasmacytoma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, heavy chain disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, hairy cell leukemia and myelodysplasia.
- Solid tumours are abnormal masses of tissue that usually do not contain cysts or liquid areas. Solid tumours can be benign or malignant. Different types of solid tumours are named for the type of cells that form them (such as sarcomas, carcinomas, and lymphomas). Examples of solid tumours, such as sarcomas and carcinomas, include adrenocortical carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, fibrosarcoma, myxosarcoma, liposarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, and other sarcomas, synovioma, mesothelioma, Ewing's tumour, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, colon carcinoma, stomach cancer, lymphoid malignancy, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, lung cancers, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, sweat gland carcinoma,
- an immunologically effective amount When “an immunologically effective amount,” “an anti-tumour effective amount,” “a tumour-inhibiting effective amount,” or “therapeutic amount” is indicated, the precise amount of the compositions of the present invention to be administered can be determined by a physician with consideration of individual differences in age, weight, tumour size, extent of infection or metastasis, and condition of the patient (subject). It can generally be stated that a pharmaceutical composition comprising the T cells described herein may be administered at a dosage of 10 4 to 10 9 cells/kg body weight, in some instances 10 5 to 10 6 cells/kg body weight, including all integer values within those ranges. T cell compositions may also be administered multiple times at these dosages. The cells can be administered by using infusion techniques that are commonly known in immunotherapy (see, e.g., Rosenberg et al., New Eng. J. of Med. 319:1676, 1988).
- a CoStAR-expressing cell described herein may be used in combination with other known agents and therapies.
- Administered “in combination”, as used herein, means that two (or more) different treatments are delivered to the subject during the course of the subject's affliction with the disorder, e.g., the two or more treatments are delivered after the subject has been diagnosed with the disorder and before the disorder has been cured or eliminated or treatment has ceased for other reasons.
- the delivery of one treatment is still occurring when the delivery of the second begins, so that there is overlap in terms of administration. This is sometimes referred to herein as “simultaneous” or “concurrent delivery”.
- the delivery of one treatment ends before the delivery of the other treatment begins.
- the treatment is more effective because of combined administration.
- the second treatment is more effective, e.g., an equivalent effect is seen with less of the second treatment, or the second treatment reduces symptoms to a greater extent, than would be seen if the second treatment were administered in the absence of the first treatment, or the analogous situation is seen with the first treatment.
- delivery is such that the reduction in a symptom, or other parameter related to the disorder is greater than what would be observed with one treatment delivered in the absence of the other.
- the effect of the two treatments can be partially additive, wholly additive, or greater than additive.
- the delivery can be such that an effect of the first treatment delivered is still detectable when the second is delivered.
- a CoStAR-expressing cell described herein and the at least one additional therapeutic agent can be administered simultaneously, in the same or in separate compositions, or sequentially.
- the CAR-expressing cell described herein can be administered first, and the additional agent can be administered second, or the order of administration can be reversed.
- the CoStAR therapy and/or other therapeutic agents, procedures or modalities can be administered during periods of active disorder, or during a period of remission or less active disease.
- the CoStAR therapy can be administered before the other treatment, concurrently with the treatment, post-treatment, or during remission of the disorder.
- the therapy and the additional agent can be administered in an amount or dose that is higher, lower or the same than the amount or dosage of each agent used individually, e.g., as a monotherapy.
- the administered amount or dosage of the CoStAR therapy, the additional agent (e.g., second or third agent), or all is lower (e.g., at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, or at least 50%) than the amount or dosage of each agent used individually, e.g., as a monotherapy.
- the amount or dosage of the CoStAR therapy, the additional agent (e.g., second or third agent), or all, that results in a desired effect is lower (e.g., at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, or at least 50% lower) than the amount or dosage of each agent used individually, e.g., as a monotherapy, required to achieve the same therapeutic effect.
- a CoStAR-expressing cell described herein may be used in a treatment regimen in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunosuppressive agents, such as cyclosporin, azathioprine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, and FK506, antibodies, or other immunoablative agents such as CAMPATH, anti-CD3 antibodies or other antibody therapies, cytoxin, fludarabine, cyclosporin, FK506, rapamycin, mycophenolic acid, steroids, FR901228, cytokines, and irradiation, peptide vaccine, such as that described in Izumoto et al. 2008 J Neurosurg 108:963-971.
- immunosuppressive agents such as cyclosporin, azathioprine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, and FK506, antibodies
- immunoablative agents such as CAMPATH, anti-CD3 antibodies or other antibody therapies, cytoxin, fludarabine, cyclosporin, FK506,
- compounds of the present invention are combined with other therapeutic agents, such as other anti-cancer agents, anti-allergic agents, anti-nausea agents (or anti-emetics), pain relievers, cytoprotective agents, and combinations thereof
- other therapeutic agents such as other anti-cancer agents, anti-allergic agents, anti-nausea agents (or anti-emetics), pain relievers, cytoprotective agents, and combinations thereof
- a CoStAR-expressing cell described herein can be used in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent.
- chemotherapeutic agents include an anthracycline (e.g., doxorubicin (e.g., liposomal doxorubicin)), a vinca alkaloid (e.g., vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine, vinorelbine), an alkylating agent (e.g., cyclophosphamide, decarbazine, melphalan, ifosfamide, temozolomide), an immune cell antibody (e.g., alemtuzamab, gemtuzumab, rituximab, ofatumumab, tositumomab, brentuximab), an antimetabolite (including, e.g., folic acid antagonists, pyrimidine analogs, purine analogs and adenosine deaminase
- chemotherapeutic agents considered for use in combination therapies include busulfan (Myleran®), busulfan injection (Busulfex®), cladribine (Leustatin®), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan® or Neosar®), cytarabine, cytosine arabinoside (Cytosar-U®), cytarabine liposome injection (DepoCyt®), daunorubicin hydrochloride (Cerubidine®), daunorubicin citrate liposome injection (DaunoXome®), dexamethasone, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin®, Rubex®), etoposide (Vepesid®), fludarabine phosphate (Fludara®), hydroxyurea (Hydrea®), Idarubicin (Idamycin®), mitoxantrone (Novantrone®), Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin
- general chemotherapeutic agents considered for use in combination therapies include anastrozole (Arimidex®), bicalutamide (Casodex®), bleomycin sulfate (Blenoxane®), busulfan (Myleran®), busulfan injection (Busulfex®), capecitabine (Xeloda®), N4-pentoxycarbonyl-5-deoxy-5-fluorocytidine, carboplatin (Paraplatin®), carmustine (BiCNU®), chlorambucil (Leukeran®), cisplatin (Platinol®), cladribine (Leustatin®), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan® or Neosar®), cytarabine, cytosine arabinoside (Cytosar-U®), cytarabine liposome injection (DepoCyt®), dacarbazine (DTIC-Dome®), d
- Treatments can be evaluated, for example, by tumour regression, tumour weight or size shrinkage, time to progression, duration of survival, progression free survival, overall response rate, duration of response, quality of life, protein expression and/or activity.
- Approaches to determining efficacy of the therapy can be employed, including for example, measurement of response through radiological imaging.
- a chimeric costimulatory receptor comprising a full-length costimulatory receptor fused to a tumour-associated antigen specific binding domain, wherein full-length implies the entire mature protein lacking the leader sequence and with up to 5 amino acid deletions or mutations at the very N-terminus of the mature protein, a process critical for optimal splicing of the costimulatory domain into a chimeric receptor.
- the CoStAR of clause 1 wherein said costimulatory receptor is selected from the group of CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6. 3.
- a CoStAR fusion receptor as outlined in clauses 1 and 2 whereby the costimulatory domain consists of two or more costimulatory receptor domains fused into a single receptor format, with the joining region being a direct fusion, or containing a linker region such as a linker up to 50 amino acids in length. 4.
- a single chain antibody fragment which binds a tumour associated antigen including, but not limited to, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), 5T4, mellanotransferrin (CD228), melanoma-associated chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (MCSP/CSPG4), CD71, folate receptor or CA125; or II.
- MHC tumour specific peptide
- scTCR tumour specific single chain T-cell receptor
- a natural antigen binding polypeptide such as, but not limited to, transferrin; or V.
- a domain which bind an antibody e.g.
- Fc binding domains such as, but not limited to, CD16, CD32 or CD64), or other indirect method of antigen recognition.
- a fusion protein which comprises a polypeptide according to any preceding clause fused to a protein of interest (POI) such as a marker gene (e.g. DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope tag, CD34, CD19 etc), chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), a T cell receptor (TCR) or another receptor of immunotherapeutic use for adoptive cell therapy.
- POI protein of interest
- CAR chimeric antigen receptor
- TCR T cell receptor
- a fusion protein according to clause 5 which comprises a self-cleaving peptide between the polypeptide and the protein of interest.
- a nucleic acid sequence such as: I. that shown in SEQ ID No 1.
- the target cell co-expresses a polypeptide according to any of clauses 1 and a chimeric antigen receptor, T-cell receptor or another receptor of immunotherapeutic interest.
- a method for making a cell according to any of clauses 11-14 which comprises the step of transducing or transfecting a cell with a vector according to any of clauses 8 to 10.
- a method for selecting cells expressing a POI which comprises the following steps: I. detecting expression of the POI epitope on the surface of cells transfected or transduced with a vector according to clause 10; and II. selecting cells which are identified as expressing the POI epitope.
- a method for preparing a purified population of cells enriched for cells expressing a POI which comprises the step of selecting cells expressing a POI from a population of cells using a method according to clause 16. 18.
- a method for treating a disease in a subject which comprises the step of administering a cell according to any of clauses 11 to 14, or a cell population according to clause 19 to the subject. 22.
- a method according to clause 21 which comprises the following steps: I. transducing or transfecting a sample of cells isolated from a subject with a vector according to clause 9, and II. returning the transduced/transfected cells to a patient.
- 23. A method according to clause 22 for treating cancer.
- 24. A cell according to any of clauses 11 to 14 or a cell population according to clause 19 for use in adoptive cell transfer.
- a CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to clause 4, fused to: I.
- a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II. the intracellular domain from human CD137, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 4 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
- a CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to clause 4, fused to: I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II.
- a CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to clause 4 fused to: I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II. the intracellular domain from human CD2, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 6 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
- a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II. the intracellular domain from human CD29, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 7 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
- a CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to clause 4, fused to: I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II.
- a CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to clause 4 fused to: I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II. the intracellular domain from human IL2R ⁇ , such as that shown in SEQ ID No 9 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
- a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II. the intracellular domain from human CD40, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 10 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
- a CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to clause 4, fused to: I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II.
- a CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to clause 4, fused to: I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and II. the intracellular domain from human CD2 and human CD40, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 12 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
- the MFE23 CoStAR consists of an MFE23 derived single chain antibody fragment nucleotide sequence with an oncostatin M1 leader sequence fused to the entire human CD28 nucleic acid sequence.
- the CoStAR nucleotide sequence was codon optimised and gene synthesised by Genewiz Inc. The constructs were cloned into pSF.Lenti (Oxford Genetics) via an XbaI and NheI site.
- Lentiviral Production was performed using a three-plasmid packaging system (Cell Biolabs, San Diego, USA) by mixing 10 ⁇ g of each plasmid, plus 10 ⁇ g of the pSF.Lenti lentiviral plasmid containing the transgene, together in serum free RPMI containing 50 mM CaCl 2 . The mixture was added dropwise to a 50% confluent monolayer of 293T cells in 75 cm 2 flasks. The viral supernatants were collected at 48 and 72h post transfection, pooled and concentrated using LentiPac lentiviral supernatant concentration (GeneCopoeia, Rockville, Md., USA) solution according to the manufacturer's instructions.
- LentiPac lentiviral supernatant concentration GeneCopoeia, Rockville, Md., USA
- Lentiviral supernatants were concentrated 10-fold and used to directly infect primary human T-cells in the presence of 4 ⁇ g/ml polybrene (Sigma-Aldrich, Dorset, UK). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from normal healthy donors before activation for 24 hours with T-cell activation and expansion beads (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions before addition of lentiviral supernatants.
- Cell transduction was assessed 96 hours post infection using CEA.hFc protein and anti-hFc-PE secondary, plus anti-CD34-APC or by anti-CD34-PE antibodies alone. Cells were then expanded further using ⁇ 10 donor mismatched irradiated PBMC feeders at a 1:20-1:200 ratio in RPMI+10% FCS with the addition of 1 ⁇ g/ml PHA and 200 IU/ml IL-2. After 14 days the cells were stained as previous and stored ready for assay.
- Proliferation assays were performed by first loading T-cells with 10 ⁇ M eFluor450 proliferation dye (eBioscience, UK) for 10 min at 37° C. at a concentration of 1 ⁇ 10 7 cells/ml before incubating the cells in 5 volumes of cold T-cell media for 5 min on ice. Cells were then washed excessively to remove unbound dye and added to cocultures containing tumour cells. Cells were removed at 2, 6 and 10 days, 1:200 dilution of DRAQ7 added and the cells analysed using a MACSQuant cytometer and MACSQuantify software.
- Cell counts for proliferation assays were performed by taking cells from the wells and staining with anti-CD2 PerCP eFluor710 antibody (eBioscience, UK) for 20 min in the dark, followed by DRAQ7 staining and counts made using a MACSQuant analyser.
- RESULTS Primary human T-cells were isolated from Buffy coats obtained from the NHSBT. T-cells were isolated by Ficoll-mediated isolation and T-cell negative isolation kits (StemCell Technologies). The isolated T-cells were activated with human T-cell activation and expansion beads (Invitrogen, UK). Cells were incubated with concentrated lentiviral particles and expanded over a number of days.
- the lentivirus contained the DNA sequence of the MFE.CoStAR.2A.tCD34 construct (MFE23.scFv fused to full length human CD28 co-expressed with truncated human CD34 via a 2A cleavage sequence).
- Donor 1 transduction was measured at 22.69% (17.15 CD34+/CoStAR+ plus 5.53% CD34-/CoStAR+), donor 2 was measured at 20.73%, and donor 3 at 13.34%.
- Cells were enriched for CoStAR expression using anti-CD34 antibodies to obtain T-cell populations greater than 90% CoStAR positive.
- the non-transduced and transduced cells were tested against the CEA+ tumour cell lines LoVo and LS174T.
- the tumour cells To enable activation of the T-cells in response to the unmatched tumour lines we engineered the tumour cells to express an anti-CD3 ⁇ single chain antibody fragment anchored to the cell membrane by way of a synthetic transmembrane domain and split from the GFP marker gene using an IRES element to visualise transduced cells using flow cytometry.
- CoStAR enhanced IL-2 secretion towards OKT3 engineered tumour cells was found in all three donors tested. The effect was most evident at E:T ratios of 8:1 and 16:1 and at higher E:T ratios IL-2 secretion was too low to measure accurately. At lower effector to target ratios it appeared that IL-2 secretion was saturating from non-transduced cells. These observations were repeated in LoVo cells with two of the three donors tested against LS174T with similar results ( FIGS. 3D & E).
- CoStAR engineered cells went through 5, 6 or 7 proliferation cycles over 6 days compared to non-engineered cells in response to LoVo-OKT3, whereas CoStAR transduced and non-transduced cells went through an average of approximately 2 cycles over the same duration in response to wild-type LoVo.
- CD28(IEV) is truncated such that the C-terminal motif of CD28 is the amino acid triad ‘IEV’.
- Sequences were generated de novo by Genewiz and cloned into a lentiviral vector under an EF1 ⁇ promoter along with a CD34 marker gene separated from the fusion CoStAR by a 2A self-cleaving peptide.
- Primary CD8+ T-cells were isolated using EasySep beads (StemCell Technologies) and activated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 activation/expansion Dynabeads before addition of lentiviral particles.
- FIG. 5 shows the IL-2 response from CD34 ⁇ (CoStAR non-transduced) and CD34+(CoStAR transduced). Statistical analysis demonstrated that all receptors tested induced a significant increase in the proportion of cells producing IL-2 when harbouring the variant CoStAR receptors.
- IFN ⁇ a cytokine released under normal signal 1 conditions but enhanced by costimulation
- CD107a a marker of degranulation
- bcl-xL an antiapoptotic protein unregulated by costimulation.
- Engagement of CoStAR enhanced all the effector functions analysed to varying degrees.
- CD28 and CD28.CD40 based CoStARs were transduced with either the CD28(IEV) truncated CoStAR, full length CD28 CoStAR or CD28.CD40 CoStAR (having the full length CD28 as shown in SEQ ID NO. 10, but lacking the N terminal N and K residues) or left non-transduced. T-cells were enriched for CoStAR expression using the CD34 marker gene, and following expansion cells were mixed with LoVo-OKT3 cells and IL-2 secretion analysed by ELISA (See FIG. 7 ).
- Non-transduced cells on average produced 0.80 ng/ml IL-2, with CD28(IEV) and full length CD28 CoStAR producing 4.6 and 5.0 ng/ml IL-2 respectively.
- CD28.CD40 induced 29.0 ng/ml IL-2 on average across three donors thus demonstrating a clear benefit to incorporating CD40 into the basic CD28-based CoStAR.
- T-cells from seven donors were transduced with either CD28 or CD28.CD40 CoStARs with either an anti-CA125 (196-14) or anti-Folate receptor (MOV-19) scFv, or an anti-Folate receptor peptide (C7) antigen binding domain. Additional cells were transduced with a CD28 CoStAR harboring an anti-CEA scFv as a mismatched control. Cells were then mixed with CA125+/Folate receptor+/CEA ⁇ cell line OvCAR3 engineered to express a membrane bound OKT3 (OvCAR-OKT3).
- OvCAR-OKT3 membrane bound OKT3
- T-cells were engineered with a murine constant domain modified TCR which recognizes a CEA peptide (691-699) in the context of HLA-A*02 as well as the CD28 or CD28.CD40 CoStAR targeted towards cell surface CEA protein. As a control cells were also transduced with a CA125 specific CD28 CoStAR. The T-cells were mixed with HLA-A*02+/CEA+H508 cells and cytokine production analysed by intracellular flow cytometry staining.
- Flow cytometric gating was performed using antibodies directed towards the murine TCR ⁇ constant domain (marks the TCR engineered cells) as well as the DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope tag (marks the CoStAR engineered cells).
- TCR ⁇ /CoStAR ⁇ , TCR+/CoStAR ⁇ , TCR ⁇ /CoStAR+ and TCR+/CoStAR+ cells were analysed in each subpopulation in either the CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells ( FIG. 9 ).
- CD28.CD40 CoStAR enhanced CD137 and TNF ⁇ production above TCR stimulation alone, however the TCR response in CD4+ cells was poor due to the dependency of the TCR on CD8.
- CD8+ cells there was more robust effector activity with IL-2 and CD107a in particular showing a stronger induction in the CD28.CD40 CoStAR groups.
- the effector activity in just the TCR+/CoStAR+ groups was plotted in CD4+ and CD8+ cells ( FIG. 10 ).
- CD4+ cells induction of CD137 was significantly enhanced by CD28.CD40 compared to either CEA or mismatched targeting CD28 CoStAR.
- CD137 induction was significantly increased compared to either CEA or mismatched targeting CD28 CoStAR, whereas CD107a induction was increased compared to the control CoStAR.
- CD28.CD40 shows enhanced effector activity across a broad range of models and effector activities.
- SEQ ID NO: 1 The entire human CD28 mRNA transcript variant transcript with the open reading frame highlighted in bold.
- signal peptide highlighted in bold this may be deleted from the sequence when used according to the invention
- II. transmembrane region underlined and II. extracellular region lies between the signal peptide and transmembrane region and the cytoplasmic regions follows the transmembrane region; and IV. boxed region represents the first 5 amino acids of the mature protein which may be present or absent or mutated in any aspect of this invention. Also, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of these residues (i.e. N, K, I, L or V) may be deleted from the sequence when used according to the invention.
- SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 12 below are exemplar sequences of CoStAR signalling domains which may be fused to the human CD28 protein at the boxed region of SEQ ID NO: 2 (which may or may not be mutated but for diagrammatic simplicity has been left in ts original form) with the: I.
- double underlined region represents the CD28 derived region; and II. underlined region is a second costimulatory receptor derived region; and III. sequence in italics is a third costimulatory receptor derived region.
- the boxed region represents the first 5 amino acids of the mature CD28 protein which may be present or absent or mutated in any aspect of this invention. Also, 1, 2, 3, 4, o5 5 of these residues (i.e. N, K, I, L or V) may be deleted from the sequence when used according to the invention.
- SEQ ID NO: 3 Truncated Cytoplasmic domain CD28 Variant QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKR SEQ ID NO: 4: CD28.CD137 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKGYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS / RFSVVKRGRKKLLYIFKQPFMRPV QTTQEEDGCSCRFPEEEEGGCE SEQ ID NO: 5: CD28.CD134 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLG
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cell comprising a chimeric costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR) useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT). The CoStAR can act as a modulator of cellular activity enhancing responses to defined antigens. The present invention also provides CoStAR proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CoStAR and therapeutic uses thereof.
Description
- This application is a continuation-in-part of international patent application Serial No. PCT/GB2020/050120 filed Jan. 20, 2020, which published as PCT Publication No. WO 2020/152451 on Jul. 30, 2020 and which claims the benefit of priority from GB patent application Serial No. 1900858.0, filed 22 Jan. 2019 and U.S. 62/951,770 filed 20 Dec. 2019.
- The foregoing applications, and all documents cited therein or during their prosecution (“appln cited documents”) and all documents cited or referenced in the appln cited documents, and all documents cited or referenced herein (“herein cited documents”), and all documents cited or referenced in herein cited documents, together with any manufacturer's instructions, descriptions, product specifications, and product sheets for any products mentioned herein or in any document incorporated by reference herein, are hereby incorporated herein by reference, and may be employed in the practice of the invention. More specifically, all referenced documents are incorporated by reference to the same extent as if each individual document was specifically and individually indicated to be incorporated by reference.
- The instant application contains a Sequence Listing which has been submitted electronically in ASCII format and is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. Said ASCII copy is named 8551_99003SL.txt and is 36.7 kbytes in size.
- The present invention relates to a cell comprising a chimeric costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR) useful in adoptive cell therapy (ACT). The CoStAR can act as a modulator of cellular activity enhancing responses to defined antigens. The present invention also provides CoStAR proteins, nucleic acids encoding the CoStAR and therapeutic uses thereof.
- Adoptive cell therapy (ACT) using autologous T-cells to mediate cancer regression has shown much promise in early clinical trials. Several general approaches have been taken such as the use of naturally occurring tumour reactive or tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) expanded ex vivo. Additionally, T-cells may be genetically modified to retarget them towards defined tumour antigens. This can be done via the gene transfer of peptide (p)-major histocompatibility complex (MHC) specific T-cell Receptors (TCRs) or synthetic fusions between tumour specific single chain antibody fragment (scFv) and T-cell signalling domains (e.g. CD3ζ), the latter being termed chimeric antigen receptors (CARs).
- TIL and TCR transfer has proven particularly good when targeting Melanoma (Rosenberg et al. 2011; Morgan 2006), whereas CAR therapy has shown much promise in the treatment of certain B-cell malignancies (Grupp et al. 2013).
- The success of CAR therapy in leukaemia has been partly attributed to the incorporation of costimulatory domains (e.g. CD28 or CD137) into the CAR construct, signals from which synergise with the signal provided by CD3ζ to enhance anti-tumour activity. The basis of this observation relates to the classical signal1/
signal 2 paradigm of T-cell activation. Heresignal 1, provided by the TCR complex, synergises withsignal 2 provided by costimulatory receptors such as CD28, CD137 or CD134 to permit the cells to undergo clonal expansion, IL2 production and long term survival without the activation induced cell death (AICD) associated withsignal 1 alone. Furthermore the involvement ofsignal 2 enhances the signal generated throughsignal 1 allowing the cells to respond better to low avidity interactions such as those encountered during anti-tumour responses. - Targeted costimulation will have beneficial effects for non-CAR-based T cell therapies. For example, incorporating costimulatory domains into a chimeric TCR has been shown to enhance responses of T-cells towards pMHC (Govers 2014). While tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) utilise their endogenous TCRs to mediate tumour recognition, it has not been possible to engineer the endogenous TCR. Thus TIL are subject to substantial limitations as tumour cells express very few costimulatory ligands. The ability to induce targeted costimulation of TIL, or indeed any other adoptive T-cell therapy product, would be beneficial.
- The novel CoStARs and cells comprising or expressing the CoStARs are beneficial for CAR and non-CAR based T-cell therapies alike. The present invention uses cells that express a novel chimeric costimulatory receptor to provides a costimulatory signal to T-cells upon engagement with a defined disease-associated, for example tumour-associated, antigen. There have been several reports in which split
signal 1 andsignal 2 have been used to drive antigen specific responses in engineered T-cells (Alvarez-Vallina & Hawkins 1996). However, none have utilised the full length CD28 molecule. There are specific advantages to using full length receptors, such as CD28 as opposed to truncated forms. Full length CD28 is dimeric enabling the receptor to function in its native form, indeed chimeric antigen receptors fail to function optimally when expressed as a monomer (Bridgeman et al. 2010). The invention also provides a targeted costimulatory receptor which inducessignal 2 upon engagement with a defined antigen such as a disease associated or tumour associated antigen. The full length CD28 molecule contains motifs critical to its native function in binding members of the B7 family of receptors; although this is potentially dangerous from the perspective of CARs carrying CD28 and CD3ζ receptors in tandem, wherein ligation of CAR by B7 could trigger T-cell activation, there are beneficial qualities forreceptors harbouring signal 2 receptors alone. - The present inventors have shown that T-lymphocytes (T-cells) can be engineered to express a CoStAR (Costimulatory antigen receptor) to augment T-cell activation upon engagement with a defined tumour associated antigen. The inventors have shown that activation of T-cells, as measured by IFNγ and IL-2 secretion, by a
signal 1 mitogen (OKT3) is enhanced when engineered cells are also permitted to receivesignal 2 through the CoStAR upon engagement with the tumour associated antigen CEA. Thus in a first aspect, the present invention provides a recombinant costimulatory antigen receptor (CoStAR) comprising: - (i) a tumour associated antigen specific domain, e.g. a single chain antibody fragment;
- (ii) a full-length costimulatory receptor signalling chain or domain.
- The invention also provides a cell, e.g. a lymphocyte, including a T cell or NK cell, comprising a recombinant costimulatory antigen receptor comprising:
- (i) a tumour associated antigen specific domain, e.g. a single chain antibody fragment;
- (ii) a full-length costimulatory receptor signalling chain or domain,
- The CoStAR as described herein is designed such that binding of the CoStAR to its designated tumour antigen results in receptor activation and provides a costimulatory signal to augment
concurrent signal 1 mediated signals provided though a recombinant TCR, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) or endogenous TCR. The tumour antigen may be a tumour associated antigen such as those from the cancer-testis or onco-foetal antigen family of molecules such as CEA or 5T4, and targeted using a single chain antibody fragment. Alternatively, the tumour antigen may be one presented as a peptide via MHC and targeted using a pMHC specific single chain antibody fragment or single chain TCR. - In certain embodiments, the signalling domain or signaling chain comprises a full length (entire protein sequence without the signal peptide) costimulatory receptor, including but not limited to CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6. The costimulatory domain may consist of one receptor domain alone, or multiple in tandem (i.e. a fusion receptor) whereby each domain is linked directly or via a flexible linker of up to 50 amino acids in length. In certain embodiments, the signalling domain comprises a fragment of a full length costimulatory receptor wherein the fragment is effective for dimerization. There may be a linker which links the single chain antibody fragment to the signalling domain. This linker if present may be 1-50 amino acids in length. The lymphocyte may be a T cell, including a Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocyte (TIL) a T Regulatory Cell (Treg) or a primary T cell, or an NK cell. In addition to the CoStAR the lymphocyte, T or NK cell, may include a recombinant T-cell receptor (TCR) or Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR).
- An individual with sufficient experience would know that identifying the exact point at which the signal peptide is cleaved from the mature protein is difficult to determine with accuracy, and although prediction software can be applied, the artificial splicing of sequences upstream of the mature protein may create novel sites for signal peptide peptidases, thus the term ‘full length’ in this document implies the entire mature protein with up to 5 amino acid deletions or mutations at the very N-terminus of the mature protein, a process critical for optimal splicing of the costimulatory domain into a chimeric receptor. This is in clear distinction from previous sequences published such as that used in Lanitis et al (2013) where only the intracellular domain of CD28 was used, with a CD8 transmembrane domain utilised, and in Krause et al. (1998) where a truncated CD28 receptor was used, truncated to the motif IEV.
- In a second aspect the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the CoStAR as described above and herein.
- In a third aspect the invention provides a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence according to the second aspect and, if present, a TCR and/or CAR nucleic acid sequence.
- In a fourth aspect the invention provides a method for making a lymphocyte, or T or NK cell, according to the first aspect of the invention, which comprises the step of introducing a nucleic acid encoding the CoStAR or vector, into the lymphocyte.
- In another aspect the invention provides a pharmaceutical composition which comprises a vector according to the third aspect, or lymphocyte (including a T or NK cell) according to the first aspect, together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient as well as therapeutic uses thereof.
- In a fifth aspect the invention provides a cell, e.g. a lymphocyte, including a T or NK cell, according to the first aspect, or vector according to the third aspect, including for use in adoptive cell therapy.
- In a sixth aspect the invention provides a lymphocyte, including a T or NK cell, according to the first aspect, or vector according to the third aspect, including for use in a method of treating cancer.
- In a seventh aspect the invention provides the use of a lymphocyte according to the first aspect, or the use of the vector according to the third aspect in the manufacture of a medicament for treating cancer.
- In an eight aspect the invention provides a lymphocyte according to the first aspect, a vector according to the third aspect or a pharmaceutical composition as disclosed herein for use in the treatment for cancer.
- In one embodiment, the CoStAR receptor comprises a full length CD28 receptor as defined herein. In one embodiment, the CoStAR comprises a tumour associated antigen binding domain fused to: a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and one Other moiety selected from: the intracellular domain from human CD137, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:4 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human CD134, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:5 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human CD2, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:6 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human CD29, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:7 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human GITR, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:8 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human IL2Rγ, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:9 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level, the intracellular domain from human CD40, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:10 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level; the intracellular domain from human CD150, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:11 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level or the intracellular domain from human CD2 and human CD40, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:12 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level. In one embodiment, the variant of one of the moieties as described above lacks 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 or up to 10 N terminal amino acid residues with reference to a fusion sequence listed above.
- The following detailed description, given by way of example, but not intended to limit the invention solely to the specific embodiments described, may best be understood in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 —Structural organisation of single costimulatory and fusion costimulatory domain receptors. A schematic representation of CoStAR receptors set out in the claims is shown. First a CoStAR based on a single costimulatory receptor, and secondly a fusion CoStAR consisting of a full length costimulatory receptor signalling domain fused to a second costimulatory domain. -
FIG. 2 —Genomic organisation of potential CoStAR configurations—The CoStAR consists of an antigen binding domain, an optional spacer domain and a costimulatory domain as shown in figure and described in claims. The CoStAR may be expressed: A) alone from a promoter with the CoStAR consisting of a single (Ai) or fusion (Aii) costimulatory receptor; B) may be expressed with an epitope tag (e.g. His tag, DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) etc) at the N or C-terminus to enable direct staining of the CoStAR; C) along with a marker gene separated using a 2A cleavage sequence or internal ribosomal entry site (IRES); D) along with a marker gene which is expressed from a second promoter; E) along with a protein of interest such as a chimeric antigen receptor or T-cell receptor separated using a 2A cleavage sequence or internal ribosomal entry site (IRES); F) along with a protein of interest such as a chimeric antigen receptor or T-cell receptor which is expressed from a second promoter. It would be clear to an individual with sufficient knowledge that the CoStAR and marker gene/chimeric antigen receptor/T-cell receptor/other protein of interest could be expressed in either orientation or 3′ (3-prime) or 5′ (5-prime) to one another. -
FIG. 3 —Functional activity of CoStAR in T-cells in response to LS174T and LoVo tumour presented antigen. Normal donor T-cell populations from donor 1 (A & D), donor 2 (B) and donor 3 (C & E) were lentivirally engineered to express a CoStAR which targets carcinoembryonic antigen and magnetically sorted to enrich for the transgene using CD34 magnetic selection. T-cells were mixed with wild-type un-engineered CEA+ tumour cells (Non-activating tumour) or CEA+ tumour cells engineered to express a cell surface anchored anti-CD3 single chain antibody fragment (Activating tumour) at the indicated effector to target ratios and IL-2 measured in the supernatant by ELISA. Data obtained using LS174T cells (A, B & C) and LoVo (D & E). -
FIG. 4 —Effect of CoStAR on T-cell proliferation. 5×105 transduced and non transduced T-cells were mixed with 6.25×103 wild-type LoVo or LoVo-OKT3 cells in the presence (A) or absence (B) of IL-2 and cell counts made after three days. In another assay under the same cell ratios T-cells from two donors were loaded with proliferation dye and the number of proliferation cycles the cells had gone through determined by dye dilution after six days using flow cytometry. -
FIG. 5 —IL-2 activity of CoStAR fusion receptors in primary human T-cells. Normal donor CD8+ T-cells from seven donors (except control CoStAR is three donors) were lentivirally transduced with the indicated CEA-targeting CoStARs and IL-2 production assessed after an overnight stimulation in the presence of LoVo-OKT3 cells. The proportion of IL-2 positive cells was determined using intracellular flow staining in both the CD34 negative (CoStAR non-transduced) and CD34+(CoStAR transduced) populations. Asterisks show significant differences between the transduced and non-transduced populations using paired Wilcoxon signed rank test with *p<0.05 -
FIG. 6A-6D —Multi parameter analysis of CoStAR activity in primary human T-cells. Normal donor CD8+ T-cells were lentivirally transduced with the indicated CEA-targeting CoStARs and IL-2 production assessed after an overnight stimulation in the presence of LoVo-OKT3 cells. The proportion of IL-2 (seven donors) (FIG. 6A ), IFNγ (seven donors) (FIG. 6B ), bcl-xL (five donors) (FIG. 6C ) and CD107a (six donors) (FIG. 6D ) positive cells was determined using intracellular flow staining in both the CD34 negative (CoStAR non-transduced) and CD34+(CoStAR transduced) populations. Control is a non-specific CA125 targeting CoStAR and is from three donors in all instances. Heat maps are averages of all donors with the intensity of colour related to the percentage of cells positive for a particular read out under the defined conditions. -
FIG. 7 —CD40 enhances IL-2 production from CD28-based CoStARs. Primary human T-cells from three healthy donors were left non-transduced or transduced with either extracellular domain truncated CD28 (Tr CD28), full length CD28 (FL CD28), or CD28.CD40-based CoStARs harbouring a CEA specific scFv (MFE23). Transduced cells were selected using a CD34 marker gene and expanded prior to analysis. T-cells were mixed at an 8:1 effector to target ratio with OKT3 expressing CEA+LoVo cells for 20 hours before analysis of IL-2 production by ELISA. -
FIG. 8 —Effect of signalling domain and target antigen on CoStAR-mediated T-cell expansion. T-cells were transduced with either DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope-tagged CD28 or CD28.CD40 based CoStARs harbouring CA125, FolR or CEA specific scFv, or FolR specific binding peptide (C7). T-cells were mixed with OKT3 expressing, CA125+/FolR+/CEA− cell line OVCAR3. The number of transduced cells were counted every 7 days up to 21 days, with fresh OVCAR3 cells added following each count. -
FIG. 9 —(A to I) Effect of signalling domain and target antigen on CoStAR− mediated T-cell expansion. T-cells were transduced with either DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope-tagged CD28 or CD28.CD40 based CoStARs harbouring CA125, FolR or CEA specific scFv, or FolR specific binding peptide (C7). T-cells were mixed with OKT3 expressing, CA125+/FolR+/CEA− cell line OVCAR3. The number of transduced cells were counted every 7 days up to 21 days, with fresh OVCAR3 cells added following each count. -
FIG. 10 —(A and B) CD40 based CoStARs enhance costimulation of T-cells in a model of TCR-transfer. Primary human T-cells from three healthy donors were transduced with a CEA specific TCR plus either a DYKDDDK-tagged CD28 or CD28.CD40 based CoStAR harbouring either an MFE (open or closed circles) or CA125 (open squares) specific scFv. T-cells were mixed at a 1:1 effector:target ratio with CEA+/CA125− H508 cells and intracellular cytokine staining performed to determine the number of responding CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells in the TCR+/CoStAR+, TCR+/CoStAR−, TCR−/CoStAR+ and TCR−/CoStAR− populations. A 2-way ANOVA (Tukeys test) was performed to determine significant differences in activity: *p>0.05, **p>0.01, ***p>0.001, ****p>0.0001. - Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as is commonly understood by one of skill in the art to which this invention belongs.
- Provided herein are recombinant costimulatory antigen receptors (CoStARs) comprising: (i) a disease- or tumour-associated antigen binding domain; and (ii) an extracellular ligand-binding segment of a stimulatory receptor protein, and (iii) a first intracellular segment comprising an intracellular signaling domain of a receptor protein, and (iv) optionally a second intracellular segment comprising an intracellular signaling domain of a second receptor protein. In certain embodiments, the extracellular segment and the first intracellular segment comprise segments of the same receptor protein. In certain embodiments, the extracellular segment and the first intracellular segment comprise segments of different receptor proteins. In embodiments of the invention, there is an intervening transmembrane domain between an extracellular segment and the first intracellular segment. Embodiments comprising an optional second intracellular segment and/or an optional third intracellular segment further may comprise spacers between the intracellular segments. In a simple form, a CoStAR of the invention comprises a single chain antibody fragment (scFv) fused to full length CD28 that transmits a costimulatory signal dependent upon engagement of the scFv to its cognate antigen and/or engagement of the CD28 to its cognate ligand. As used herein, “full length protein” or “full length receptor” refers to a receptor protein, such as, for example, a CD28 receptor protein. The term “full length” encompasses receptor proteins lacking up to about 5 or up to 10 amino acids, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 amino acids, at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein once its signal peptide has been cleaved. For instance, while a specific cleavage site of a receptors N-terminal signal peptide may be defined, variability in exact point of cleavage has been observed. The term “full length” does not imply presence or absence of amino acids of the receptors N-terminal signal peptide. In one embodiment, the term “full length” (e.g. a full length CD28 according to certain aspects of the invention) encompasses mature receptor proteins (e.g. CD28 according to certain aspects of the invention) lacking the N terminal signal peptide lacking up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein once its signal peptide has been cleaved. SEQ ID NO. 2 shows the mature CD28 protein including the signal peptide. As mentioned above, a “full length” CD28 receptor according to the various aspects of the invention does not include the signal peptide and may lack up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein (e.g. N terminal residues N, K, I, L and/or V). This is shown in the exemplary fusions, e.g. SEQ ID Nos. 4-12 (note that these may lack up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein as shown in the boxed region).
- CoStARs have modular form and can be constructed to comprise extracellular, transmembrane and intracellular domains obtained from a one or more proteins, along with the scFv obtained from an antibody that binds to a disease-associated antigen, for example, a tumour associated antigen antigen.
- According to the invention, in one embodiment, a CoStAR comprises a disease-associated, for example a tumour-associated, antigen receptor, such as but not limited to a tumour-associated antigen specific scFv, and a primary costimulatory receptor protein that is capable of binding to its cognate ligand and providing an intracellular signal. In certain embodiments, the primary costimulatory receptor can be less than a full length protein but is sufficient to bind cognate ligand and transduce a signal. In certain embodiments, the primary costimulatory receptor domain is full length, such as but not limited to, full length CD28. Thus, both the antigen specific binding domain and the ligand specific receptor are capable of binding cognate antigen and ligand respectively.
FIG. 1 depicts two embodiments of CoStAR constructs. Both CoStARs comprise an antigen binding domain, an optional spacer, and a full-length costimulatory receptor protein comprising an extracellular ligand binding segment and intracellular signaling domain. In another embodiment, a CoStAR comprises an antigen binding domain, an optional spacer, an extracellular ligand-binding portion of a costimulatory receptor protein, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular signaling domain of a second, different costimulatory receptor protein. In certain embodiments, the extracellular ligand-binding portion comprises a CD28 truncation, for example, a C-terminal CD28 truncation after amino acids IEV as in SEQ ID NO:13 and is followed by an intracellular signalling domain. In certain embodiments, the intracellular signalling domain is from CD40. The transmembrane domain separating the extracellular ligand-binding and intracellular signalling domains can be from, with limitation, CD28, CD40. By comparison to the left construct ofFIG. 1 , the right construct ofFIG. 1 further comprises an additional second intracellular receptor signalling domain and an optional spacer. In further embodiments, CoStARs can comprise additional costimulatory domains, for example a third, intracellular costimulatory signaling domain and in this respect may be similar to certain chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), which have been classified into first (CD3ζ only), second (one costimulatory domain+CD3ζ), or third generation (more than one costimulatory domain+CD3ζ). - Costimulatory receptor proteins useful in CoStARs of the invention include, without limitation, CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6, which in their natural form comprise extracellular ligand binding domains and intracellular signal transducing domains. For example, CD2 is characterized as a cell adhesion molecule found on the surface of T cells and is capable of initiating intracellular signals necessary for T cell activation. CD27 is characterized as a type II transmembrane glycoprotein belonging to the TNF superfamily (TNFSF) whose expression on B cells is induced by antigen-receptor activation in B cells. CD28 is one of the proteins on T cells and is the receptor for CD80 (B7.1) and CD86 (B7.2) ligands on antigen-presenting cells. CD137 (4-1BB) ligand is found on most leukocytes and on some non-immune cells. OX4 ligand is expressed on many antigen-presenting cells such as DC2s (dendritic cells), macrophages, and B lymphocytes. In one embodiment, the costimulatory receptor protein is full length CD28 as defined herein.
- In embodiments of the invention, a CoStAR may be expressed alone under the control of a promoter in a therapeutic population of cells that have therapeutic activity, for example, Tumour Infiltrating Lymphocytes (TILs). Alternatively, the CoStAR may be expressed along with a therapeutic transgene such as a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and/or T-cell Receptor (TCR), for example as described in SEQ ID NOs:3-12 (note that may lack up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein). Thus, in one aspect, the invention also relates to CoStar constructs having a sequence as shown in any of SEQ ID NOs:3-12, including one of these sequences which lacks up to about 5, for example 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or up to 10 amino acids at the N-terminal of the mature receptor protein). Suitable TCRs and CARs are well known in the literature, for example HLA-A*02-NYESO-1 specific TCRs (Rapoport et al. Nat Med 2015) or anti-CD19scFv.CD3ζ fusion CARs (Kochenderfer et al. J Clin Oncol 2015) which have been successfully used to treat Myeloma or B-cell malignancies respectively. The CoStARs described herein may be expressed with any known CAR or TCR thus providing the cell with a regulatable growth switch to allow cell expansion in-vitro or in-vivo, and a conventional activation mechanism in the form of the TCR or CAR for anti-cancer activity. Thus the invention provides a cell for use in adoptive cell therapy comprising a CoStAR as described herein and a TCR and/or CAR that specifically binds to a tumour associated antigen. An exemplary CoStAR comprising CD28 includes an extracellular antigen binding domain and an extracellular, transmembrane and intracellular signaling domain which comprises the amino acid sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:2.
- The term “antigen binding domain” as used herein refers to an antibody fragment including, but not limited to, a diabody, a Fab, a Fab′, a F(ab′)2, an Fv fragment, a disulfide stabilized Fv fragment (dsFv), a (dsFv)2, a bispecific dsFv (dsFv-dsFv′), a disulfide stabilized diabody (ds diabody), a single-chain antibody molecule (scFv), an scFv dimer (bivalent diabody), a multispecific antibody formed from a portion of an antibody comprising one or more CDRs, a camelized single domain antibody, a nanobody, a domain antibody, a bivalent domain antibody, or any other antibody fragment that binds to an antigen but does not comprise a complete antibody structure. An antigen binding domain is capable of binding to the same antigen to which the parent antibody or a parent antibody fragment (e.g., a parent scFv) binds. In some embodiments, an antigen-binding fragment may comprise one or more complementarity determining regions (CDRs) from a particular human antibody grafted to frameworks (FRs) from one or more different human antibodies.
- The antigen binding domain can be made specific for any disease-associated antigen, including but not limited to tumour-associated antigens (TAAs) and infectious disease-associated antigens. In certain embodiments, the ligand binding domain is bispecific. Antigens have been identified in most of the human cancers, including Burkitt lymphoma, neuroblastoma, melanoma, osteosarcoma, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung carcinoma, and colon cancer. TAA's include, without limitation, CD19, CD20, CD22, CD24, CD33, CD38, CD123, CD228, CD138, BCMA, GPC3, CEA, folate receptor (FRα), mesothelin, CD276, gp100, 5T4, GD2, EGFR, MUC-1, PSMA, EpCAM, MCSP, SM5-1, MICA, MICB, ULBP and HER-2. TAAs further include neoantigens, peptide/MHC complexes, and HSP/peptide complexes.
- In certain embodiments, the antigen binding domain comprises a T-cell receptor or binding fragment thereof that binds to a defined tumour specific peptide-MHC complex. The term “T cell receptor,” or “TCR,” refers to a heterodimeric receptor composed of αβ or γδ chains that pair on the surface of a T cell. Each α, β, γ, and δ chain is composed of two Ig-like domains: a variable domain (V) that confers antigen recognition through the complementarity determining regions (CDR), followed by a constant domain (C) that is anchored to cell membrane by a connecting peptide and a transmembrane (TM) region. The TM region associates with the invariant subunits of the CD3 signalling apparatus. Each of the V domains has three CDRs. These CDRs interact with a complex between an antigenic peptide bound to a protein encoded by the major histocompatibility complex (pMHC) (Davis and Bjorkman (1988) Nature, 334, 395-402; Davis et al. (1998) Annu Rev Immunol, 16, 523-544; Murphy (2012), xix, 868 p.).
- In certain embodiments, the antigen binding domain comprises a natural ligand of a tumour expressed protein or tumour-binding fragment thereof. For example, the transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1), also known as CD71, is a homodimeric protein that is a key regulator of cellular iron homeostasis and proliferation. Although TfR1 is expressed at a low level in a broad variety of cells, it is expressed at higher levels in rapidly proliferating cells, including malignant cells in which overexpression has been associated with poor prognosis. In an embodiment of the invention, the antigen binding domain comprises transferrin or a transferrin receptor-binding fragment thereof.
- In certain embodiments, the antigen binding domain is specific to a defined tumour associated antigen, such as but not limited to FRα, CEA, 5T4, CA125, SM5-1 or CD71. In certain embodiments, the tumour associated antigen can be a tumour-specific peptide-MHC complex. In certain such embodiments, the peptide is a neoantigen. In other embodiments, the tumour associated antigen it a peptide-heat shock protein complex.
- In an embodiment of the invention, the CoStAR extracellular, transmembrane and intracellular domain signalling domain has the sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:1.
- As use herein, the term “specifically binds” or “is specific for” refers to measurable and reproducible interactions, such as binding between a target and an antibody or antibody moiety, that is determinative of the presence of the target in the presence of a heterogeneous population of molecules, including biological molecules. For example, an antibody moiety that specifically binds to a target (which can be an epitope) is an antibody moiety that binds the target with greater affinity, avidity, more readily, and/or with greater duration than its bindings to other targets. In some embodiments, an antibody moiety that specifically binds to an antigen reacts with one or more antigenic determinants of the antigen (for example a cell surface antigen or a peptide/MHC protein complex) with a binding affinity that is at least about 10 times its binding affinity for other targets.
- A CoStAR of the invention optionally comprises a spacer region between the antigen binding domain and the costimulatory receptor. As used herein, the term “spacer” refers to the extracellular structural region of a CoStAR that separates the antigen binding domain from the external ligand binding domain of the costimulatory protein. The spacer provides flexibility to access the targeted antigen and receptor ligand. In certain embodiments long spacers are employed, for example to target membrane-proximal epitopes or glycosylated antigens (see Guest R. D. et al. The role of extracellular spacer regions in the optimal design of chimeric immune receptors: evaluation of four different scFvs and antigens. J. Immunother. 2005; 28:203-211; Wilkie S. et al., Retargeting of human T cells to tumor-associated MUC1: the evolution of a chimeric antigen receptor. J. Immunol. 2008; 180:4901-4909). In other embodiments, CoStARs bear short spacers, for example to target membrane distal epitopes (see Hudecek M. et al., Receptor affinity and extracellular domain modifications affect tumor recognition by ROR1-specific chimeric antigen receptor T cells. Clin. Cancer Res. 2013; 19:3153-3164; Hudecek M. et al., The nonsignalling extracellular spacer domain of chimeric antigen receptors is decisive for in vivo antitumor activity. Cancer Immunol. Res. 2015; 3:125-135). In certain embodiments, the spacer comprises all or part of or is derived from an IgG hinge, including but not limited to IgG1, IgG2, or IgG4. By “derived from an Ig hinge” is meant a spacer comprising insertions, deletions, or mutations in an IgG hinge. In certain embodiments, a spacer can comprise all or part of one or more antibody constant domains, such as but not limited to CH2 and/or CH3 domains. In certain embodiments, in a spacer comprising all or part of a CH2 domain, the CH2 domain is modified so as not to bind to an Fc receptor. For example, Fc receptor binding in myeloid cells has been found to impair CAR T cell functionality. In certain embodiments, the spacer comprises all or part of an Ig-like hinge from CD28, CD8, or other protein comprising a hinge region. In certain embodiments of the invention that comprise a spacer, the spacer is from 1 and 50 amino acids in length.
- As discussed above, in certain embodiments, a CoStAR comprises a full length primary costimulatory receptor which can comprise an extracellular ligand binding and intracellular signalling portion of, without limitation, CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6. In other embodiments, the costimulatory receptor comprises a chimeric protein, for instance comprising an extracellular ligand binding domain of one of the aforementioned proteins and an intracellular signalling domain of another of the aforementioned proteins. In certain embodiments, the signalling portion of the CoStAR comprises a single signalling domain. In other embodiments, the signalling portion of the CoStAR comprises a second intracellular signalling domain such as but not limited to: CD2, CD27, CD28, CD40, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (4-1BB), CD150 (SLAM). In certain embodiments, the first and second intracellular signalling domains are the same. In other embodiments, the first and second intracellular signalling domains are different. In certain embodiments, the costimulatory receptor is capable of dimerization. Without being bound by theory, it is thought that CoStARs dimerize or associate with other accessory molecules for signal initiation. In certain embodiments, CoStARs dimerize or associate with accessory molecules through transmembrane domain interactions. In certain embodiments, dimerization or association with accessory molecules is assisted by costimulatory receptor interactions in the intracellular portion, and/or the extracellular portion of the costimulatory receptor.
- Although the main function of the transmembrane is to anchor the CoStAR in the T cell membrane, in certain embodiments, the transmembrane domain influences CoStAR function. In certain embodiments, the transmembrane domain is comprised by the full length primary costimulatory receptor domain. In embodiments of the invention wherein the CoStAR construct comprises an extracellular domain of one receptor and an intracellular signalling domain of a second receptor, the transmembrane domain can be that of the extracellular domain or the intracellular domain. In certain embodiments, the transmembrane domain is from CD4, CD8α, CD28, or ICOS. Gueden et al. associated use of the ICOS transmembrane domain with increased CAR T cell persistence and overall anti-tumor efficacy (Guedan S. et al., Enhancing CAR T cell persistence through ICOS and 4-1BB costimulation. JCI Insight. 2018; 3:96976). In an embodiment, the transmembrane domain comprises a hydrophobic α helix that spans the cell membrane.
- Examples of CoStAR signaling domains according to the invention are provided as SEQ ID NOs. 3-12.
- Variants
- In some embodiments, amino acid sequence variants of the antibody moieties or other moieties provided herein are contemplated. For example, it may be desirable to improve the binding affinity and/or other biological properties of the antibody moiety. Amino acid sequence variants of an antibody moiety may be prepared by introducing appropriate modifications into the nucleotide sequence encoding the antibody moiety, or by peptide synthesis. Such modifications include, for example, deletions from, and/or insertions into and/or substitutions of residues within the amino acid sequences of the antibody moiety. Any combination of deletion, insertion, and substitution can be made to arrive at the final construct, provided that the final construct possesses the desired characteristics, e.g., antigen-binding.
- In some embodiments, antibody binding domain moieties comprising one or more amino acid substitutions, deletions, or insertions are provided. Sites of interest for mutational changes include the antibody binding domain heavy and light chain variable regions (VRs) and frameworks (FRs). Amino acid substitutions may be introduced into a binding domain of interest and the products screened for a desired activity, e.g., retained/improved antigen binding or decreased immunogenicity. In certain embodiments, amino acid substitutions may be introduced into one or more of the primary co-stimulatory receptor domain (extracellular or intracellular), secondary costimulatory receptor domain, or extracellular co-receptor domain. Accordingly, the invention encompasses CoStAR proteins and component parts particularly disclosed herein as well as variants thereof, i.e. CoStAR proteins and component parts having at least 75%, at least 80%, at least 85%, at least 87%, at least 90%, at least 91%, at least 92%, at least 93%, at least 94%, at least 95%, at least 96%, at least 97%, at least 98%, at least 99% sequence identity to the amino acid sequences particularly disclosed herein. The terms “percent similarity,” “percent identity,” and “percent homology” when referring to a particular sequence are used as set forth in the University of Wisconsin GCG software program BestFit. Other algorithms may be used, e.g. BLAST, psiBLAST or TBLASTN (which use the method of Altschul et al. (1990) J. Mol. Biol. 215: 405-410), FASTA (which uses the method of Pearson and Lipman (1988) PNAS USA 85: 2444-2448).
- Particular amino acid sequence variants may differ from a reference sequence by insertion, addition, substitution or deletion of 1 amino acid, 2, 3, 4, 5-10, 10-20 or 20-30 amino acids. In some embodiments, a variant sequence may comprise the reference sequence with 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more residues inserted, deleted or substituted. For example, 5, 10, 15, up to 20, up to 30 or up to 40 residues may be inserted, deleted or substituted.
- In some preferred embodiments, a variant may differ from a reference sequence by 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 or more conservative substitutions. Conservative substitutions involve the replacement of an amino acid with a different amino acid having similar properties. For example, an aliphatic residue may be replaced by another aliphatic residue, a non-polar residue may be replaced by another non-polar residue, an acidic residue may be replaced by another acidic residue, a basic residue may be replaced by another basic residue, a polar residue may be replaced by another polar residue or an aromatic residue may be replaced by another aromatic residue. Conservative substitutions may, for example, be between amino acids within the following groups:
- Conservative substitutions are shown in the Table below.
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Original Exemplary Preferred Residue Substitutions Substitutions Ala (A) Val; Leu; Ile Val Arg (R) Lys; Gln; Asn Lys Asn (N) Gln; His; Asp; Lys; Arg Gln Asp (D) Glu; Asn glu Cys (C) Ser; Ala ser Gln (Q) Asn; Glu Asn Glu (E) Asp; Gln Asp Gly (G) Ala Ala His (H) Asn; Gln; Lys; Arg Arg Ile (I) Leu; Val; Met; Ala; Phe; Norleucine Leu Leu (L) Norleucinne; Ile; Val; Met; Ala; Phe Ile Lys (K) Arg; Gln; Asn Arg Met (M) Leu; Phe; Ile Leu Phe (F) Trp; Leu; Val; Ile; Ala; Tyr Tyr Pro (P) Ala Ala Ser (S) Thr Thr Thr (T) Val; Ser Ser Trp (W) Tyr; Phe Tyr Tyr (Y) Trp; Phe; Thr; Ser Phe Val (V) Ile; Leu; Met; Phe; Ala; Norleucine Leu - Amino acids may be grouped into different classes according to common side-chain properties: a. hydrophobic: Norleucine, Met, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile; b. neutral hydrophilic: Cys, Ser, Thr, Asn, Gln; c. acidic: Asp, Glu; d. basic: His, Lys, Arg; e. residues that influence chain orientation: Gly, Pro; aomatic: Trp, Tyr, Phe. Non-conservative substitutions will entail exchanging a member of one of these classes for another class.
- The cells used in the present invention may be any lymphocyte that is useful in adoptive cell therapy, such as a T-cell or a natural killer (NK) cell, an NKT cell, a gamma/delta T-cell or T regulatory cell. The cells may be allogeneic or autologous to the patient.
- T cells or T lymphocytes are a type of lymphocyte that have a central role in cell-mediated immunity. They can be distinguished from other lymphocytes, such as B cells and natural killer cells (NK cells), by the presence of a T-cell receptor (TCR) on the cell surface. There are various types of T cell, as summarised below. Cytotoxic T cells (TC cells, or CTLs) destroy virally infected cells and tumour cells, and are also implicated in transplant rejection. CTLs express the CD8 molecule at their surface.
- These cells recognize their targets by binding to antigen associated with MHC class I, which is present on the surface of all nucleated cells. Through IL-10, adenosine and other molecules secreted by regulatory T cells, the CD8+ cells can be inactivated to an anergic state, which prevent autoimmune diseases such as experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis.
- Memory T cells are a subset of antigen-specific T cells that persist long-term after an infection has resolved. They quickly expand to large numbers of effector T cells upon re-exposure to their cognate antigen, thus providing the immune system with “memory” against past infections. Memory T cells comprise three subtypes: central memory T cells (TCM cells) and two types of effector memory T cells (TEM cells and TEMRA cells). Memory cells may be either CD4+ or CD8+. Memory T cells typically express the cell surface protein CD45RO. Regulatory T cells (Treg cells), formerly known as suppressor T cells, are crucial for the maintenance of immunological tolerance. Their major role is to shut down T cell-mediated immunity toward the end of an immune reaction and to suppress auto-reactive T cells that escaped the process of negative selection in the thymus.
- Two major classes of CD4+ Treg cells have been described—naturally occurring Treg cells and adaptive Treg cells. Naturally occurring Treg cells (also known as CD4+CD25+FoxP3+ Treg cells) arise in the thymus and have been linked to interactions between developing T cells with both myeloid (CD11c+) and plasmacytoid (CD123+) dendritic cells that have been activated with TSLP. Naturally occurring Treg cells can be distinguished from other T cells by the presence of an intracellular molecule called FoxP3. Adaptive Treg cells (also known as Tr1 cells or Th3 cells) may originate during a normal immune response.
- Natural Killer Cells (or NK cells) are a type of cytolytic cell which form part of the innate immune system. NK cells provide rapid responses to innate signals from virally infected cells in an MHC independent manner. NK cells (belonging to the group of innate lymphoid cells) are defined as large granular lymphocytes (LGL) and constitute the third kind of cells differentiated from the common lymphoid progenitor generating B and T lymphocytes.
- In certain embodiments, therapeutic cells of the invention comprise autologous cells engineered to express a CoStAR. In certain embodiments, therapeutic cells of the invention comprise allogeneic cells engineered to express a CoStAR. Autologous cells expressing CoStARs may be advantageous in avoiding graft-versus-host disease (GVDH) due to TCR-mediated recognition of recipient alloantigens. Also, the immune system of a CoStAR recipient could attack the infused CoStAR cells, causing rejection. In certain embdoiments, to prevent GVHD, and to reduce rejection, endogenous TcR is removed from allogeneic CoStAR cells by genome editing.
- An aspect of the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence of the invention, encoding any of the CoStARs, polypeptides, or proteins described herein (including functional portions and functional variants thereof). As used herein, the terms “polynucleotide”, “nucleotide”, and “nucleic acid” are intended to be synonymous with each other. It will be understood by a skilled person that numerous different polynucleotides and nucleic acids can encode the same polypeptide as a result of the degeneracy of the genetic code. In addition, it is to be understood that skilled persons may, using routine techniques, make nucleotide substitutions that do not affect the polypeptide sequence encoded by the polynucleotides described here to reflect the codon usage of any particular host organism in which the polypeptides are to be expressed, e.g. codon optimisation. Nucleic acids according to the invention may comprise DNA or RNA. They may be single stranded or double-stranded. They may also be polynucleotides which include within them synthetic or modified nucleotides. A number of different types of modification to oligonucleotides are known in the art. These include methylphosphonate and phosphorothioate backbones, addition of acridine or polylysine chains at the 3′ and/or 5′ ends of the molecule. For the purposes of the present invention, it is to be understood that the polynucleotides may be modified by any method available in the art. Such modifications may be carried out in order to enhance the in vivo activity or life span of polynucleotides of interest.
- The terms “variant”, “homologue” or “derivative” in relation to a nucleotide sequence include any substitution of, variation of, modification of, replacement of, deletion of or addition of one (or more) nucleic acid from or to the sequence. The nucleic acid sequence may encode the protein sequence shown as SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof. The nucleotide sequence may comprise the codon optimised human CD28 nucleic acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:1 or variants thereof (represented in
FIG. 1 ). - The invention also provides a nucleic acid sequence which comprises a nucleic acid sequence encoding a CoStAR and a further nucleic acid sequence encoding a T-cell receptor (TCR) and/or chimeric antigen receptor (CAR).
- The nucleic acid sequences may be joined by a sequence allowing co-expression of the two or more nucleic acid sequences. For example, the construct may comprise an internal promoter, an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES) sequence or a sequence encoding a cleavage site. The cleavage site may be self-cleaving, such that when the polypeptide is produced, it is immediately cleaved into the discrete proteins without the need for any external cleavage activity. Various self-cleaving sites are known, including the Foot- and Mouth disease virus (FMDV) and the 2A self-cleaving peptide. The co-expressing sequence may be an internal ribosome entry sequence (IRES). The co-expressing sequence may be an internal promoter.
- In an aspect, the present invention provides a vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence or nucleic acid construct of the invention.
- Such a vector may be used to introduce the nucleic acid sequence(s) or nucleic acid construct(s) into a host cell so that it expresses one or more CoStAR(s) according to the first aspect of the invention and, optionally, one or more other proteins of interest (POI), for example a TCR or a CAR. The vector may, for example, be a plasmid or a viral vector, such as a retroviral vector or a lentiviral vector, or a transposon-based vector or synthetic mRNA.
- The nucleic acids of the present invention may also be used for nucleic acid immunization and gene therapy, using standard gene delivery protocols. Methods for gene delivery are known in the art. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,399,346, 5,580,859, 5,589,466, incorporated by reference herein in their entireties.
- Vectors derived from retroviruses, such as the lentivirus, are suitable tools to achieve long-term gene transfer since they allow long-term, stable integration of a transgene or transgenes and its propagation in daughter cells. The vector may be capable of transfecting or transducing a lymphocyte including a T cell or an NK cell. The present invention also provides vectors in which a nucleic acid of the present invention is inserted. The expression of natural or synthetic nucleic acids encoding a CoStAR, and optionally a TCR or CAR is typically achieved by operably linking a nucleic acid encoding the CoStAR and TCR/CAR polypeptide or portions thereof to one or more promoters, and incorporating the construct into an expression vector.
- Additional promoter elements, e.g., enhancers, regulate the frequency of transcriptional initiation. Typically, these are located in the region 30-110 bp upstream of the start site, although a number of promoters have recently been shown to contain functional elements downstream of the start site as well. The spacing between promoter elements frequently is flexible, so that promoter function is preserved when elements are inverted or moved relative to one another. In the thymidine kinase (tk) promoter, the spacing between promoter elements can be increased to 50 bp apart before activity begins to decline.
- One example of a suitable promoter is the immediate early cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter sequence. This promoter sequence is a strong constitutive promoter sequence capable of driving high levels of expression of any polynucleotide sequence operatively linked thereto. Another example of a suitable promoter is Elongation Growth Factor-1α (EF-1α). However, other constitutive promoter sequences may also be used, including, but not limited to the simian virus 40 (SV40) early promoter, mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) long terminal repeat (LTR) promoter, MoMuLV promoter, an avian leukemia virus promoter, an Epstein-Barr virus immediate early promoter, a Rous sarcoma virus promoter, as well as human gene promoters such as, but not limited to, the actin promoter, the myosin promoter, the hemoglobin promoter, and the creatine kinase promoter.
- The vectors can be suitable for replication and integration in eukaryotic cells. Typical cloning vectors contain transcription and translation terminators, initiation sequences, and promoters useful for regulation of the expression of the desired nucleic acid sequence. Viral vector technology is well known in the art and is described, for example, in Sambrook et al. (2001, Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York), and in other virology and molecular biology manuals, see also, WO 01/96584; WO 01/29058; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,326,193). In some embodiments, the constructs are as shown in SEQ ID NOS:3-12 (diagramatically represented in
FIG. 2 ). In some embodiments the nucleic acids are multi-cistronic constructs that permit the expression of multiple transgenes (e.g., CoStAR and a TCR and/or CAR etc.) under the control of a single promoter. In some embodiments, the transgenes (e.g., CoStAR and a TCR and/or CAR etc.) are separated by a self-cleaving 2A peptide. Examples of 2A peptides useful in the nucleic acid constructs of the invention include F2A, P2A, T2A and E2A. In other embodiments of the invention, the nucleic acid construct of the invention is a multi-cistronic construct comprising two promoters; one promoter driving the expression of CoStAR and the other promoter driving the expression of the TCR or CAR. In some embodiments, the dual promoter constructs of the invention are uni-directional. In other embodiments, the dual promoter constructs of the invention are bi-directional. In order to assess the expression of the CoStAR polypeptide or portions thereof, the expression vector to be introduced into a cell can also contain either a selectable marker gene or a reporter gene or both to facilitate identification and selection of expressing cells from the population of cells sought to be transfected or transduced through viral vectors. - Prior to expansion and genetic modification, a source of cells (e.g., immune effector cells, e.g., T cells or NK cells) is obtained from a subject. The term “subject” is intended to include living organisms in which an immune response can be elicited (e.g., mammals). Examples of subjects include humans, dogs, cats, mice, rats, and transgenic species thereof. T cells can be obtained from a number of sources, including peripheral blood mononuclear cells, bone marrow, lymph node tissue, cord blood, thymus tissue, tissue from a site of infection, ascites, pleural effusion, spleen tissue, and tumours.
- In one aspect, T cells are isolated from peripheral blood lymphocytes by lysing the red blood cells and depleting the monocytes, for example, by centrifugation through a PERCOLL™ gradient or by counterflow centrifugal elutriation.
- A specific subpopulation of T cells, such as CD3+, CD28+, CD4+, CD8+, CD45RA+, and CD45RO+ T cells, can be further isolated by positive or negative selection techniques. For example, in one aspect, T cells are isolated by incubation with anti-CD3/anti-CD28-conjugated beads, such as DYNABEADS® M-450 CD3/CD28 T, for a time period sufficient for positive selection of the desired T cells. In one aspect, the time period is about 30 minutes. In a further aspect, the time period ranges from 30 minutes to 36 hours or longer and all integer values there between. In a further aspect, the time period is at least 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 hours. In yet another preferred aspect, the time period is 10 to 24 hours. In one aspect, the incubation time period is 24 hours. Longer incubation times may be used to isolate T cells in any situation where there are few T cells as compared to other cell types, such in isolating tumour infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) from tumour tissue or from immunocompromised individuals. Further, use of longer incubation times can increase the efficiency of capture of CD8+ T cells. Thus, by simply shortening or lengthening the time T cells are allowed to bind to the CD3/CD28 beads and/or by increasing or decreasing the ratio of beads to T cells (as described further herein), subpopulations of T cells can be preferentially selected for or against at culture initiation or at other time points during the process. Additionally, by increasing or decreasing the ratio of anti-CD3 and/or anti-CD28 antibodies on the beads or other surface, subpopulations of T cells can be preferentially selected for or against at culture initiation or at other desired time points. The skilled artisan would recognize that multiple rounds of selection can also be used in the context of this invention. In certain aspects, it may be desirable to perform the selection procedure and use the “unselected” cells in the activation and expansion process. “Unselected” cells can also be subjected to further rounds of selection.
- Enrichment of a T cell population by negative selection can be accomplished with a combination of antibodies directed to surface markers unique to the negatively selected cells. One method is cell sorting and/or selection via negative magnetic immunoadherence or flow cytometry that uses a cocktail of monoclonal antibodies directed to cell surface markers present on the cells negatively selected. For example, to enrich for CD4+ cells by negative selection, a monoclonal antibody cocktail typically includes antibodies to CD14, CD20, CD16, HLA-DR, and CD8. In certain aspects, it may be desirable to enrich for or positively select for regulatory T cells which typically express CD4+, CD25+, CD62Lhi, GITR+, CD137, PD1, TIM3, LAG-3, CD150 and FoxP3+. Alternatively, in certain aspects, T regulatory cells are depleted by anti-CD25 conjugated beads or other similar method of selection.
- The methods described herein can include, e.g., selection of a specific subpopulation of immune effector cells, e.g., T cells, that are a T regulatory cell-depleted population, CD25+ depleted cells, using, e.g., a negative selection technique, e.g., described herein. Preferably, the population of T regulatory depleted cells contains less than 30%, 25%, 20%, 15%, 10%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, 1% of CD25+ cells.
- A specific subpopulation of CoStAR effector cells that specifically bind to a target antigen can be enriched for by positive selection techniques. For example, in some embodiments, effector cells are enriched for by incubation with target antigen-conjugated beads for a time period sufficient for positive selection of the desired abTCR effector cells. In some embodiments, the time period is about 30 minutes. In some embodiments, the time period ranges from 30 minutes to 36 hours or longer (including all ranges between these values). In some embodiments, the time period is at least one, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 hours. In some embodiments, the time period is 10 to 24 hours. In some embodiments, the incubation time period is 24 hours. For isolation of effector cells present at low levels in the heterogeneous cell population, use of longer incubation times, such as 24 hours, can increase cell yield. Longer incubation times may be used to isolate effector cells in any situation where there are few effector cells as compared to other cell types. The skilled artisan would recognize that multiple rounds of selection can also be used in the context of this invention.
- T cells for stimulation can also be frozen after a washing step. After the washing step that removes plasma and platelets, the cells may be suspended in a freezing solution. While many freezing solutions and parameters are known in the art and will be useful in this context, one method involves using PBS containing 20% DMSO and 8% human serum albumin, or culture media containing 10
% Dextran 40 and 5% Dextrose, 20% Human Serum Albumin and 7.5% DMSO, or 31.25% Plasmalyte-A, 31.25% Dextrose 5%, 0.45% NaCl, 10% Dextran 40 and 5% Dextrose, 20% Human Serum Albumin, and 7.5% DMSO or other suitable cell freezing media containing for example, Hespan and PlasmaLyte A, the cells then are frozen to −80° C. at a rate of 1° per minute and stored in the vapor phase of a liquid nitrogen storage tank. Other methods of controlled freezing may be used as well as uncontrolled freezing immediately at −20° C. or in liquid nitrogen. - In embodiments described herein, the immune effector cell can be an allogeneic immune effector cell, e.g., T cell or NK cell. For example, the cell can be an allogeneic T cell, e.g., an allogeneic T cell lacking expression of endogenous T cell receptor (TCR) and/or human leukocyte antigen (HLA), e.g., HLA class I and/or HLA class II.
- A T cell lacking a functional endogenous TCR can be, e.g., engineered such that it does not express any functional TCR on its surface, engineered such that it does not express one or more subunits that comprise a functional TCR (e.g., engineered such that it does not express (or exhibits reduced expression) of TCR alpha, TCR beta, TCR gamma, TCR delta, TCR epsilon, and/or TCR zeta) or engineered such that it produces very little functional TCR on its surface. Alternatively, the T cell can express a substantially impaired TCR, e.g., by expression of mutated or truncated forms of one or more of the subunits of the TCR. The term “substantially impaired TCR” means that this TCR will not elicit an adverse immune reaction in a host.
- A T cell described herein can be, e.g., engineered such that it does not express a functional HLA on its surface. For example, a T cell described herein, can be engineered such that cell surface expression HLA, e.g.,
HLA class 1 and/or HLA class II, is downregulated. In some aspects, downregulation of HLA may be accomplished by reducing or eliminating expression of beta-2 microglobulin (B2M). - In some embodiments, the T cell can lack a functional TCR and a functional HLA, e.g., HLA class I and/or HLA class II. Modified T cells that lack expression of a functional TCR and/or HLA can be obtained by any suitable means, including a knock out or knock down of one or more subunit of TCR or HLA. For example, the T cell can include a knock down of TCR and/or HLA using siRNA, shRNA, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) transcription-activator like effector nuclease (TALEN), or zinc finger endonuclease (ZFN).
- In some embodiments, the allogeneic cell can be a cell which does not expresses or expresses at low levels an inhibitory molecule, e.g. a cell engineered by any method described herein. For example, the cell can be a cell that does not express or expresses at low levels an inhibitory molecule, e.g., that can decrease the ability of a CoStAR-expressing cell to mount an immune effector response. Examples of inhibitory molecules include PD1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA4, TIM3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1, CEACAM-3 and/or CEACAM-5), LAG3, VISTA, BTLA, TIGIT, LAIR1, CD160, 2B4, CD80, CD86, B7-H3 (CD276), B7-H4 (VTCN1), HVEM (TNFRSF14 or CD270), KIR, A2aR, MHC class I, MHC class II, Ga19, adenosine, and TGFR beta. Inhibition of an inhibitory molecule, e.g., by inhibition at the DNA, RNA or protein level, can optimize a CAR-expressing cell performance. In embodiments, an inhibitory nucleic acid, e.g., an inhibitory nucleic acid, e.g., a dsRNA, e.g., an siRNA or shRNA, a clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), a transcription-activator like effector nuclease (TALEN), or a zinc finger endonuclease (ZFN), e.g., as described herein, can be used.
- siRNA and shRNA to Inhibit Endogenous TCR or HLA
- In some embodiments, TCR expression and/or HLA expression can be inhibited using siRNA or shRNA that targets a nucleic acid encoding a TCR and/or HLA, and/or an inhibitory molecule described herein (e.g., PD1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA4, TIM3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1, CEACAM-3 and/or CEACAM-5), LAG3, VISTA, BTLA, TIGIT, LAIR1, CD160, 2B4, CD80, CD86, B7-H3 (CD276), B7-H4 (VTCN1), HVEM (TNFRSF14 or CD270), KIR, A2aR, MHC class I, MHC class II, Ga19, adenosine, and TGFR beta), in a T cell.
- Expression of siRNA and shRNAs in T cells can be achieved using any conventional expression system, e.g., such as a lentiviral expression system. Exemplary shRNAs that downregulate expression of components of the TCR are described, e.g., in US Publication No.: 2012/0321667. Exemplary siRNA and shRNA that downregulate expression of HLA class I and/or HLA class II genes are described, e.g., in U.S. publication No.: US 2007/0036773.
- CRISPR to Inhibit TCR or HLA
- “CRISPR” or “CRISPR to inhibit TCR and/or HLA” as used herein refers to a set of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, or a system comprising such a set of repeats. “Cas”, as used herein, refers to a CRISPR-associated protein. A “CRISPR/Cas” system refers to a system derived from CRISPR and Cas which can be used to silence or mutate a TCR and/or HLA gene, and/or an inhibitory molecule described herein (e.g., PD1, PD-L1, PD-L2, CTLA4, TIM3, CEACAM (e.g., CEACAM-1, CEACAM-3 and/or CEACAM-5), LAG3, VISTA, BTLA, TIGIT, LAIR1, CD160, 2B4, CD80, CD86, B7-H3 (CD276), B7-H4 (VTCN1), HVEM (TNFRSF14 or CD270), KIR, A2aR, MHC class I, MHC class II, GALS, adenosine, and TGFR beta).
- Naturally-occurring CRISPR/Cas systems are found in approximately 40% of sequenced eubacteria genomes and 90% of sequenced archaea. Grissa et al. (2007) BMC Bioinformatics 8: 172. This system is a type of prokaryotic immune system that confers resistance to foreign genetic elements such as plasmids and phages and provides a form of acquired immunity. Barrangou et al. (2007) Science 315: 1709-1712; Marragini et al. (2008) Science 322: 1843-1845.
- Activation and Expansion of T Cells
- T cells may be activated and expanded generally using methods as described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,352,694; 6,534,055; 6,905,680; 6,692,964; 5,858,358; 6,887,466; 6,905,681; 7,144,575; 7,067,318; 7,172,869; 7,232,566; 7,175,843; 5,883,223; 6,905,874; 6,797,514; 6,867,041; and U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 20060121005.
- Generally, the T cells of the invention may be expanded by contact with a surface having attached thereto an agent that stimulates a CD3/TCR complex associated signal and a ligand that stimulates a costimulatory molecule on the surface of the T cells. In particular, T cell populations may be stimulated as described herein, such as by contact with an anti-CD3 antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, or an anti-CD2 antibody immobilized on a surface, or by contact with a protein kinase C activator (e.g., bryostatin) in conjunction with a calcium ionophore. For co-stimulation of an accessory molecule on the surface of the T cells, a ligand that binds the accessory molecule is used. For example, a population of T cells can be contacted with an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody, under conditions appropriate for stimulating proliferation of the T cells. To stimulate proliferation of either CD4+ T cells or CD8+ T cells, an anti-CD3 antibody and an anti-CD28 antibody can be used. Examples of an anti-CD28 antibody include 9.3, B-T3, XR-CD28 (Diaclone, Besancon, France) can be used as can other methods commonly known in the art (Berg et al., Transplant Proc. 30(8):3975-3977, 1998; Haanen et al., J. Exp. Med. 190(9):13191328, 1999; Garland et al., J. Immunol Meth. 227(1-2):53-63, 1999).
- In some embodiments, expansion can be performed using flasks or containers, or gas-permeable containers known by those of skill in the art and can proceed for 7 days, 8 days, 9 days, 10 days, 11 days, 12 days, 13 days, or 14 days, about 7 days to about 14 days, about 8 days to about 14 days, about 9 days to about 14 days, about 10 days to about 14 days, about 11 days to about 14 days, about 12 days to about 14 days, or about 13 days to about 14 days. In some embodiments, the second TIL expansion can proceed for about 14 days.
- In certain embodiments, the expansion can be performed using non-specific T-cell receptor stimulation in the presence of interleukin-2 (IL-2) or interleukin-15 (IL-15). The non-specific T-cell receptor stimulus can include, for example, an anti-CD3 antibody, such as about 30 ng/ml of OKT3, a mouse monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody (commercially available from Ortho-McNeil, Raritan, N.J. or Miltenyi Biotech, Auburn, Calif.) or UHCT-1 (commercially available from BioLegend, San Diego, Calif., USA). CoStAR cells can be expanded in vitro by including one or more antigens, including antigenic portions thereof, such as epitope(s), of a cancer, which can be optionally expressed from a vector, such as a human leukocyte antigen A2 (HLA-A2) binding peptide, e.g., 0.3 .mu.M MART-1:26-35 (27 L) or gp1 00:209-217 (210M), optionally in the presence of a T-cell growth factor, such as 300 IU/mL IL-2 or IL-15. Other suitable antigens may include, e.g., NY-ESO-1, TRP-1, TRP-2, tyrosinase cancer antigen, MAGE-A3, SSX-2, and VEGFR2, or antigenic portions thereof. CoStAR cells may also be rapidly expanded by re-stimulation with the same antigen(s) of the cancer pulsed onto HLA-A2-expressing antigen-presenting cells. Alternatively, the CoStAR cells can be further stimulated with, e.g., example, irradiated, autologous lymphocytes or with irradiated HLA-A2+ allogeneic lymphocytes and IL-2. In some embodiments, the stimulation occurs as part of the expansion. In some embodiments, the expansion occurs in the presence of irradiated, autologous lymphocytes or with irradiated HLA-A2+ allogeneic lymphocytes and IL-2.
- In certain embodiments, the cell culture medium comprises IL-2. In some embodiments, the cell culture medium comprises about 1000 IU/mL, about 1500 IU/mL, about 2000 IU/mL, about 2500 IU/mL, about 3000 IU/mL, about 3500 IU/mL, about 4000 IU/mL, about 4500 IU/mL, about 5000 IU/mL, about 5500 IU/mL, about 6000 IU/mL, about 6500 IU/mL, about 7000 IU/mL, about 7500 IU/mL, or about 8000 IU/mL, or between 1000 and 2000 IU/mL, between 2000 and 3000 IU/mL, between 3000 and 4000 IU/mL, between 4000 and 5000 IU/mL, between 5000 and 6000 IU/mL, between 6000 and 7000 IU/mL, between 7000 and 8000 IU/mL, or between 8000 IU/mL of IL-2.
- In certain embodiments, the cell culture medium comprises OKT3 antibody. In some embodiments, the cell culture medium comprises about 0.1 ng/mL, about 0.5 ng/mL, about 1 ng/mL, about 2.5 ng/mL, about 5 ng/mL, about 7.5 ng/mL, about 10 ng/mL, about 15 ng/mL, about 20 ng/mL, about 25 ng/mL, about 30 ng/mL, about 35 ng/mL, about 40 ng/mL, about 50 ng/mL, about 60 ng/mL, about 70 ng/mL, about 80 ng/mL, about 90 ng/mL, about 100 ng/mL, about 200 ng/mL, about 500 ng/mL, about 1 μg/mL or between 0.1 ng/mL and 1 ng/mL, between 1 ng/mL and 5 ng/mL, between 5 ng/mL and 10 ng/mL, between 10 ng/mL and 20 ng/mL, between 20 ng/mL and 30 ng/mL, between 30 ng/mL and 40 ng/mL, between 40 ng/mL and 50 ng/mL, or between 50 ng/mL and 100 ng/mL of OKT3 antibody.
- In certain embodiments, a combination of IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, and/or IL-21 are employed as a combination during the expansion. In some embodiments, IL-2, IL-7, IL-15, and/or IL-21 as well as any combinations thereof can be included during the expansion. In some embodiments, a combination of IL-2, IL-15, and IL-21 are employed as a combination during the expansion. In some embodiments, IL-2, IL-15, and IL-21 as well as any combinations thereof can be included.
- In certain embodiments, the expansion can be conducted in a supplemented cell culture medium comprising IL-2, OKT-3, and antigen-presenting feeder cells.
- In certain embodiments, the expansion culture media comprises about 500 IU/mL of IL-15, about 400 IU/mL of IL-15, about 300 IU/mL of IL-15, about 200 IU/mL of IL-15, about 180 IU/mL of IL-15, about 160 IU/mL of IL-15, about 140 IU/mL of IL-15, about 120 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 100 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 500 IU/mL of IL-15 to about 100 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 400 IU/mL of IL-15 to about 100 IU/mL of IL-15 or about 300 IU/mL of IL-15 to about 100 IU/mL of IL-15 or about 200 IU/mL of IL-15, or about 180 IU/mL of IL-15.
- In some embodiments, the expansion culture media comprises about 20 IU/mL of IL-21, about 15 IU/mL of IL-21, about 12 IU/mL of IL-21, about 10 IU/mL of IL-21, about 5 IU/mL of IL-21, about 4 IU/mL of IL-21, about 3 IU/mL of IL-21, about 2 IU/mL of IL-21, about 1 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 20 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 15 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 12 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 10 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 5 IU/mL of IL-21 to about 1 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 2 IU/mL of IL-21. In some embodiments, the cell culture medium comprises about 1 IU/mL of IL-21, or about 0.5 IU/mL of IL-21.
- In some embodiments the antigen-presenting feeder cells (APCs) are PBMCs. In an embodiment, the ratio of CoStAR cells to PBMCs and/or antigen-presenting cells in the expansion is about 1 to 25, about 1 to 50, about 1 to 100, about 1 to 125, about 1 to 150, about 1 to 175, about 1 to 200, about 1 to 225, about 1 to 250, about 1 to 275, about 1 to 300, about 1 to 325, about 1 to 350, about 1 to 375, about 1 to 400, or about 1 to 500, or between 1 to 50 and 1 to 300, or between 1 to 100 and 1 to 200.
- In certain aspects, the primary stimulatory signal and the costimulatory signal for the T cell may be provided by different protocols. For example, the agents providing each signal may be in solution or coupled to a surface. When coupled to a surface, the agents may be coupled to the same surface (i.e., in “cis” formation) or to separate surfaces (i.e., in “trans” formation). Alternatively, one agent may be coupled to a surface and the other agent in solution. In one aspect, the agent providing the costimulatory signal is bound to a cell surface and the agent providing the primary activation signal is in solution or coupled to a surface. In certain aspects, both agents can be in solution. In one aspect, the agents may be in soluble form, and then cross-linked to a surface, such as a cell expressing Fc receptors or an antibody or other binding agent which will bind to the agents. In this regard, see for example, U.S. Patent Application Publication Nos. 20040101519 and 20060034810 for artificial antigen presenting cells (aAPCs) that are contemplated for use in activating and expanding T cells in the present invention.
- In one aspect, the two agents are immobilized on beads, either on the same bead, i.e., “cis,” or to separate beads, i.e., “trans.” By way of example, the agent providing the primary activation signal is an anti-CD3 antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and the agent providing the costimulatory signal is an anti-CD28 antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof; and both agents are co-immobilized to the same bead in equivalent molecular amounts. In one aspect, a 1:1 ratio of each antibody bound to the beads for CD4+ T cell expansion and T cell growth is used. In certain aspects of the present invention, a ratio of anti CD3:CD28 antibodies bound to the beads is used such that an increase in T cell expansion is observed as compared to the expansion observed using a ratio of 1:1. In one particular aspect an increase of from about 1 to about 3 fold is observed as compared to the expansion observed using a ratio of 1:1. In one aspect, the ratio of CD3:CD28 antibody bound to the beads ranges from 100:1 to 1:100 and all integer values there between. In one aspect of the present invention, more anti-CD28 antibody is bound to the particles than anti-CD3 antibody, i.e., the ratio of CD3:CD28 is less than one. In certain aspects of the invention, the ratio of anti CD28 antibody to anti CD3 antibody bound to the beads is greater than 2:1. In one particular aspect, a 1:100 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one aspect, a 1:75 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In a further aspect, a 1:50 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one aspect, a 1:30 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one preferred aspect, a 1:10 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to beads is used. In one aspect, a 1:3 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to the beads is used. In yet one aspect, a 3:1 CD3:CD28 ratio of antibody bound to the beads is used.
- Ratios of particles to cells from 1:500 to 500:1 and any integer values in between may be used to stimulate T cells or other target cells. As those of ordinary skill in the art can readily appreciate, the ratio of particles to cells may depend on particle size relative to the target cell. For example, small sized beads could only bind a few cells, while larger beads could bind many. In certain aspects the ratio of cells to particles ranges from 1:100 to 100:1 and any integer values in-between and in further aspects the ratio comprises 1:9 to 9:1 and any integer values in between, can also be used to stimulate T cells. The ratio of anti-CD3- and anti-CD28-coupled particles to T cells that result in T cell stimulation can vary as noted above, however certain preferred values include 1:100, 1:50, 1:40, 1:30, 1:20, 1:10, 1:9, 1:8, 1:7, 1:6, 1:5, 1:4, 1:3, 1:2, 1:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1, 5:1, 6:1, 7:1, 8:1, 9:1, 10:1, and 15:1 with one preferred ratio being at least 1:1 particles per T cell. In one aspect, a ratio of particles to cells of 1:1 or less is used. In one particular aspect, a preferred particle: cell ratio is 1:5. In further aspects, the ratio of particles to cells can be varied depending on the day of stimulation. For example, in one aspect, the ratio of particles to cells is from 1:1 to 10:1 on the first day and additional particles are added to the cells every day or every other day thereafter for up to 10 days, at final ratios of from 1:1 to 1:10 (based on cell counts on the day of addition). In one particular aspect, the ratio of particles to cells is 1:1 on the first day of stimulation and adjusted to 1:5 on the third and fifth days of stimulation. In one aspect, particles are added on a daily or every other day basis to a final ratio of 1:1 on the first day, and 1:5 on the third and fifth days of stimulation. In one aspect, the ratio of particles to cells is 2:1 on the first day of stimulation and adjusted to 1:10 on the third and fifth days of stimulation. In one aspect, particles are added on a daily or every other day basis to a final ratio of 1:1 on the first day, and 1:10 on the third and fifth days of stimulation. One of skill in the art will appreciate that a variety of other ratios may be suitable for use in the present invention. In particular, ratios will vary depending on particle size and on cell size and type. In one aspect, the most typical ratios for use are in the neighborhood of 1:1, 2:1 and 3:1 on the first day.
- In further aspects of the present invention, the cells, such as T cells, are combined with agent-coated beads, the beads and the cells are subsequently separated, and then the cells are cultured. In an alternative aspect, prior to culture, the agent-coated beads and cells are not separated but are cultured together. In a further aspect, the beads and cells are first concentrated by application of a force, such as a magnetic force, resulting in increased ligation of cell surface markers, thereby inducing cell stimulation.
- Viral- and non-viral-based genetic engineering tools can be used to generate CoStAR T cells, resulting in permanent or transient expression of therapeutic genes. Retrovirus-based gene delivery is a mature, well-characterized technology, which has been used to permanently integrate CARs into the host cell genome (Scholler J., e.g. Decade-long safety and function of retroviral-modified chimeric antigen receptor T cells. Sci. Transl. Med. 2012; 4:132ra53; Rosenberg S. A. et al., Gene transfer into humans—immunotherapy of patients with advanced melanoma, using tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes modified by retroviral gene transduction. N. Engl. J. Med. 1990; 323:570-578).
- Non-viral DNA transfection methods can also be used. For example, Singh et al describes use of the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system developed to engineer CAR T cells (Singh H., et al., Redirecting specificity of T-cell populations for CD19 using the Sleeping Beauty system. Cancer Res. 2008; 68:2961-2971) and is being used in clinical trials (see e.g., ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00968760 and NCT01653717). The same technology is applicable to engineer CoStARs cells.
- Multiple SB enzymes have been used to deliver transgenes. Mates describes a hyperactive transposase (SB100X) with approximately 100-fold enhancement in efficiency when compared to the first-generation transposase. SB100X supported 35-50% stable gene transfer in human CD34(+) cells enriched in hematopoietic stem or progenitor cells. (Mates L. et al., Molecular evolution of a novel hyperactive Sleeping Beauty transposase enables robust stable gene transfer in vertebrates. Nat. Genet. 2009; 41:753-761) and multiple transgenes can be delivered from multicistronic single plasmids (e.g., Thokala R. et al., Redirecting specificity of T cells using the Sleeping Beauty system to express chimeric antigen receptors by mix-and-matching of VL and VH domains targeting CD123+ tumors. PLoS ONE. 2016; 11:e0159477) or multiple plasmids (e.g., Hurton L. V. et al., Tethered IL-15 augments antitumor activity and promotes a stem-cell memory subset in tumor-specific T cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2016; 113:E7788-E7797). Such systems are used with CoStARs of the invention.
- Morita et al, describes the piggyBac transposon system to integrate larger transgenes (Morita D. et al., Enhanced expression of anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor in piggyBac transposon-engineered T cells. Mol. Ther. Methods Clin. Dev. 2017; 8:131-140) Nakazawa et al. describes use of the system to generate EBV-specific cytotoxic T-cells expressing HER2-specific chimeric antigen receptor (Nakazawa Y et al, PiggyBac-mediated cancer immunotherapy using EBV-specific cytotoxic T-cells expressing HER2-specific chimeric antigen receptor. Mol. Ther. 2011; 19:2133-2143). Manuri et al used the system to generate CD-19 specific T cells (Manuri P. V. R. et al., piggyBac transposon/transposase system to generate CD19-specific T cells for the treatment of B-lineage malignancies. Hum. Gene Ther. 2010; 21:427-437).
- Transposon technology is easy and economical. One potential drawback is the longer expansion protocols currently employed may result in T cell differentiation, impaired activity and poor persistence of the infused cells. Monjezi et al describe development minicircle vectors that minimize these difficulties through higher efficiency integrations (Monjezi R. et al., Enhanced CAR T-cell engineering using non-viral Sleeping Beauty transposition from minicircle vectors. Leukemia. 2017; 31:186-194). These transposon technologies can be used for CoStARs of the invention.
- The present invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a vector or a CoStAR expressing cell of the invention together with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient, and optionally one or more further pharmaceutically active polypeptides and/or compounds.
- In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising a CoStAR described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising a nucleic acid encoding a CoStAR according to any of the embodiments described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. In some embodiments, a pharmaceutical composition is provided comprising an effector cell expressing a CoStAR described above and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Such a formulation may, for example, be in a form suitable for intravenous infusion.
- As used herein, by “pharmaceutically acceptable” or “pharmacologically compatible” is meant a material that is not biologically or otherwise undesirable, e.g., the material may be incorporated into a pharmaceutical composition administered to a patient without causing any significant undesirable biological effects or interacting in a deleterious manner with any of the other components of the composition in which it is contained. Pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients have preferably met the required standards of toxicological and manufacturing testing and/or are included on the Inactive Ingredient Guide prepared by the U.S. Food and Drug administration.
- An aspect of the invention provides a population of modified T cells expressing a recombinant CoStAR. A suitable population may be produced by a method described above.
- The population of modified T cells may be for use as a medicament. For example, a population of modified T cells as described herein may be used in cancer immunotherapy therapy, for example adoptive T cell therapy.
- Other aspects of the invention provide the use of a population of modified T cells as described herein for the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of cancer, a population of modified T cells as described herein for the treatment of cancer, and a method of treatment of cancer may comprise administering a population of modified T cells as described herein to an individual in need thereof.
- The population of modified T cells may be autologous i.e. the modified T cells were originally obtained from the same individual to whom they are subsequently administered (i.e. the donor and recipient individual are the same). A suitable population of modified T cells for administration to the individual may be produced by a method comprising providing an initial population of T cells obtained from the individual, modifying the T cells to express a cAMP PDE or fragment thereof and an antigen receptor which binds specifically to cancer cells in the individual, and culturing the modified T cells.
- The population of modified T cells may be allogeneic i.e. the modified T cells were originally obtained from a different individual to the individual to whom they are subsequently administered (i.e. the donor and recipient individual are different). The donor and recipient individuals may be HLA matched to avoid GVHD and other undesirable immune effects. A suitable population of modified T cells for administration to a recipient individual may be produced by a method comprising providing an initial population of T cells obtained from a donor individual, modifying the T cells to express a CoStAR which binds specifically to cancer cells in the recipient individual, and culturing the modified T cells.
- Following administration of the modified T cells, the recipient individual may exhibit a T cell mediated immune response against cancer cells in the recipient individual. This may have a beneficial effect on the cancer condition in the individual.
- Cancer conditions may be characterised by the abnormal proliferation of malignant cancer cells and may include leukaemias, such as AML, CML, ALL and CLL, lymphomas, such as Hodgkin lymphoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma, and solid cancers such as sarcomas, skin cancer, melanoma, bladder cancer, brain cancer, breast cancer, uterus cancer, ovary cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, cervical cancer, liver cancer, head and neck cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreas cancer, renal cancer, adrenal cancer, stomach cancer, testicular cancer, cancer of the gall bladder and biliary tracts, thyroid cancer, thymus cancer, cancer of bone, and cerebral cancer, as well as cancer of unknown primary (CUP).
- Cancer cells within an individual may be immunologically distinct from normal somatic cells in the individual (i.e. the cancerous tumour may be immunogenic). For example, the cancer cells may be capable of eliciting a systemic immune response in the individual against one or more antigens expressed by the cancer cells. The tumour antigens that elicit the immune response may be specific to cancer cells or may be shared by one or more normal cells in the individual.
- An individual suitable for treatment as described above may be a mammal, such as a rodent (e.g. a guinea pig, a hamster, a rat, a mouse), murine (e.g. a mouse), canine (e.g. a dog), feline (e.g. a cat), equine (e.g. a horse), a primate, simian (e.g. a monkey or ape), a monkey (e.g. marmoset, baboon), an ape (e.g. gorilla, chimpanzee, orangutan, gibbon), or a human.
- In preferred embodiments, the individual is a human. In other preferred embodiments, non-human mammals, especially mammals that are conventionally used as models for demonstrating therapeutic efficacy in humans (e.g. murine, primate, porcine, canine, or rabbit animals) may be employed.
- The term “therapeutically effective amount” refers to an amount of a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein, effective to “treat” a disease or disorder in an individual. In the case of cancer, the therapeutically effective amount of a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein can reduce the number of cancer cells; reduce the tumour size or weight; inhibit (i.e., slow to some extent and preferably stop) cancer cell infiltration into peripheral organs; inhibit (i.e., slow to some extent and preferably stop) tumour metastasis; inhibit, to some extent, tumour growth; and/or relieve to some extent one or more of the symptoms associated with the cancer. To the extent a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein can prevent growth and/or kill existing cancer cells, it can be cytostatic and/or cytotoxic. In some embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount is a growth inhibitory amount. In some embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount is an amount that improves progression free survival of a patient. In the case of infectious disease, such as viral infection, the therapeutically effective amount of a CoStAR or composition comprising a CoStAR as disclosed herein can reduce the number of cells infected by the pathogen; reduce the production or release of pathogen-derived antigens; inhibit (i.e., slow to some extent and preferably stop) spread of the pathogen to uninfected cells; and/or relieve to some extent one or more symptoms associated with the infection. In some embodiments, the therapeutically effective amount is an amount that extends the survival of a patient.
- Cells, including T and NK cells, expressing CoStARs for use in the methods of the present may either be created ex vivo either from a patient's own peripheral blood (autologous), or in the setting of a haematopoietic stem cell transplant from donor peripheral blood (allogenic), or peripheral blood from an unconnected donor (allogenic). Alternatively, T-cells or NK cells may be derived from ex-vivo differentiation of inducible progenitor cells or embryonic progenitor cells to T-cells or NK cells. In these instances, T-cells expressing a CoStAR and, optionally, a CAR and/or TCR, are generated by introducing DNA or RNA coding for the CoStAR and, optionally, a CAR and/or TCR, by one of many means including transduction with a viral vector, transfection with DNA or RNA.
- T or NK cells expressing a CoStAR of the present invention and, optionally, expressing a TCR and/or CAR may be used for the treatment of haematological cancers or solid tumours.
- A method for the treatment of disease relates to the therapeutic use of a vector or cell, including a T or NK cell, of the invention. In this respect, the vector, or T or NK cell may be administered to a subject having an existing disease or condition in order to lessen, reduce or improve at least one symptom associated with the disease and/or to slow down, reduce or block the progression of the disease. The method of the invention may cause or promote T-cell mediated killing of cancer cells. The vector, or T or NK cell according to the present invention may be administered to a patient with one or more additional therapeutic agents. The one or more additional therapeutic agents can be co-administered to the patient. By “co-administering” is meant administering one or more additional therapeutic agents and the vector, or T or NK cell of the present invention sufficiently close in time such that the vector, or T or NK cell can enhance the effect of one or more additional therapeutic agents, or vice versa. In this regard, the vectors or cells can be administered first and the one or more additional therapeutic agents can be administered second, or vice versa. Alternatively, the vectors or cells and the one or more additional therapeutic agents can be administered simultaneously. One co-administered therapeutic agent that may be useful is IL-2, as this is currently used in existing cell therapies to boost the activity of administered cells. However, IL-2 treatment is associated with toxicity and tolerability issues.
- As mentioned, for administration to a patient, the CoStAR effector cells can be allogeneic or autologous to the patient. In certain embodiments, allogeneic cells are further genetically modified, for example by gene editing, so as to minimize or prevent GVHD and/or a patient's immune response against the CoStAR cells.
- The CoStAR effector cells are used to treat cancers and neoplastic diseases associated with a target antigen. Cancers and neoplastic diseases that may be treated using any of the methods described herein include tumours that are not vascularized, or not yet substantially vascularized, as well as vascularized tumours. The cancers may comprise non-solid tumours (such as hematological tumours, for example, leukemias and lymphomas) or may comprise solid tumours. Types of cancers to be treated with the CoStAR effector cells of the invention include, but are not limited to, carcinoma, blastoma, and sarcoma, and certain leukemia or lymphoid malignancies, benign and malignant tumours, and malignancies e.g., sarcomas, carcinomas, and melanomas. Adult tumours/cancers and pediatric tumours/cancers are also included.
- Hematologic cancers are cancers of the blood or bone marrow. Examples of hematological (or hematogenous) cancers include leukemias, including acute leukemias (such as acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myelocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia and myeloblastic, promyelocytic, myelomonocytic, monocytic and erythroleukemia), chronic leukemias (such as chronic myelocytic (granulocytic) leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and chronic lymphocytic leukemia), polycythemia vera, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (indolent and high grade forms), multiple myeloma, plasmacytoma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, heavy chain disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, hairy cell leukemia and myelodysplasia.
- Solid tumours are abnormal masses of tissue that usually do not contain cysts or liquid areas. Solid tumours can be benign or malignant. Different types of solid tumours are named for the type of cells that form them (such as sarcomas, carcinomas, and lymphomas). Examples of solid tumours, such as sarcomas and carcinomas, include adrenocortical carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, fibrosarcoma, myxosarcoma, liposarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, and other sarcomas, synovioma, mesothelioma, Ewing's tumour, leiomyosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, colon carcinoma, stomach cancer, lymphoid malignancy, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, lung cancers, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, sweat gland carcinoma, thyroid cancer (e.g., medullary thyroid carcinoma and papillary thyroid carcinoma), pheochromocytomas sebaceous gland carcinoma, papillary carcinoma, papillary adenocarcinomas, medullary carcinoma, bronchogenic carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hepatoma, bile duct carcinoma, choriocarcinoma, Wilms' tumour, cervical cancer (e.g., cervical carcinoma and pre-invasive cervical dysplasia), colorectal cancer, cancer of the anus, anal canal, or anorectum, vaginal cancer, cancer of the vulva (e.g., squamous cell carcinoma, intraepithelial carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, and fibrosarcoma), penile cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, esophageal cancer, head cancers (e.g., squamous cell carcinoma), neck cancers (e.g., squamous cell carcinoma), testicular cancer (e.g., seminoma, teratoma, embryonal carcinoma, teratocarcinoma, choriocarcinoma, sarcoma, Leydig cell tumour, fibroma, fibroadenoma, adenomatoid tumours, and lipoma), bladder carcinoma, kidney cancer, melanoma, cancer of the uterus (e.g., endometrial carcinoma), urothelial cancers (e.g., squamous cell carcinoma, transitional cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, ureter cancer, and urinary bladder cancer), and CNS tumours (such as a glioma (such as brainstem glioma and mixed gliomas), glioblastoma (also known as glioblastoma multiforme) astrocytoma, CNS lymphoma, germinoma, medulloblastoma, Schwannoma craniopharyogioma, ependymoma, pinealoma, hemangioblastoma, acoustic neuroma, oligodendroglioma, menangioma, neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma and brain metastases).
- When “an immunologically effective amount,” “an anti-tumour effective amount,” “a tumour-inhibiting effective amount,” or “therapeutic amount” is indicated, the precise amount of the compositions of the present invention to be administered can be determined by a physician with consideration of individual differences in age, weight, tumour size, extent of infection or metastasis, and condition of the patient (subject). It can generally be stated that a pharmaceutical composition comprising the T cells described herein may be administered at a dosage of 104 to 109 cells/kg body weight, in some
instances 105 to 106 cells/kg body weight, including all integer values within those ranges. T cell compositions may also be administered multiple times at these dosages. The cells can be administered by using infusion techniques that are commonly known in immunotherapy (see, e.g., Rosenberg et al., New Eng. J. of Med. 319:1676, 1988). - A CoStAR-expressing cell described herein may be used in combination with other known agents and therapies. Administered “in combination”, as used herein, means that two (or more) different treatments are delivered to the subject during the course of the subject's affliction with the disorder, e.g., the two or more treatments are delivered after the subject has been diagnosed with the disorder and before the disorder has been cured or eliminated or treatment has ceased for other reasons. In some embodiments, the delivery of one treatment is still occurring when the delivery of the second begins, so that there is overlap in terms of administration. This is sometimes referred to herein as “simultaneous” or “concurrent delivery”. In other embodiments, the delivery of one treatment ends before the delivery of the other treatment begins. In some embodiments of either case, the treatment is more effective because of combined administration. For example, the second treatment is more effective, e.g., an equivalent effect is seen with less of the second treatment, or the second treatment reduces symptoms to a greater extent, than would be seen if the second treatment were administered in the absence of the first treatment, or the analogous situation is seen with the first treatment. In some embodiments, delivery is such that the reduction in a symptom, or other parameter related to the disorder is greater than what would be observed with one treatment delivered in the absence of the other. The effect of the two treatments can be partially additive, wholly additive, or greater than additive. The delivery can be such that an effect of the first treatment delivered is still detectable when the second is delivered.
- A CoStAR-expressing cell described herein and the at least one additional therapeutic agent can be administered simultaneously, in the same or in separate compositions, or sequentially. For sequential administration, the CAR-expressing cell described herein can be administered first, and the additional agent can be administered second, or the order of administration can be reversed.
- The CoStAR therapy and/or other therapeutic agents, procedures or modalities can be administered during periods of active disorder, or during a period of remission or less active disease. The CoStAR therapy can be administered before the other treatment, concurrently with the treatment, post-treatment, or during remission of the disorder.
- When administered in combination, the therapy and the additional agent (e.g., second or third agent), or all, can be administered in an amount or dose that is higher, lower or the same than the amount or dosage of each agent used individually, e.g., as a monotherapy. In certain embodiments, the administered amount or dosage of the CoStAR therapy, the additional agent (e.g., second or third agent), or all, is lower (e.g., at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, or at least 50%) than the amount or dosage of each agent used individually, e.g., as a monotherapy. In other embodiments, the amount or dosage of the CoStAR therapy, the additional agent (e.g., second or third agent), or all, that results in a desired effect (e.g., treatment of cancer) is lower (e.g., at least 20%, at least 30%, at least 40%, or at least 50% lower) than the amount or dosage of each agent used individually, e.g., as a monotherapy, required to achieve the same therapeutic effect.
- In further aspects, a CoStAR-expressing cell described herein may be used in a treatment regimen in combination with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, immunosuppressive agents, such as cyclosporin, azathioprine, methotrexate, mycophenolate, and FK506, antibodies, or other immunoablative agents such as CAMPATH, anti-CD3 antibodies or other antibody therapies, cytoxin, fludarabine, cyclosporin, FK506, rapamycin, mycophenolic acid, steroids, FR901228, cytokines, and irradiation, peptide vaccine, such as that described in Izumoto et al. 2008 J Neurosurg 108:963-971.
- In certain instances, compounds of the present invention are combined with other therapeutic agents, such as other anti-cancer agents, anti-allergic agents, anti-nausea agents (or anti-emetics), pain relievers, cytoprotective agents, and combinations thereof
- In one embodiment, a CoStAR-expressing cell described herein can be used in combination with a chemotherapeutic agent. Exemplary chemotherapeutic agents include an anthracycline (e.g., doxorubicin (e.g., liposomal doxorubicin)), a vinca alkaloid (e.g., vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine, vinorelbine), an alkylating agent (e.g., cyclophosphamide, decarbazine, melphalan, ifosfamide, temozolomide), an immune cell antibody (e.g., alemtuzamab, gemtuzumab, rituximab, ofatumumab, tositumomab, brentuximab), an antimetabolite (including, e.g., folic acid antagonists, pyrimidine analogs, purine analogs and adenosine deaminase inhibitors (e.g., fludarabine)), an mTOR inhibitor, a TNFR glucocorticoid induced TNFR related protein (GITR) agonist, a proteasome inhibitor (e.g., aclacinomycin A, gliotoxin or bortezomib), an immunomodulator such as thalidomide or a thalidomide derivative (e.g., lenalidomide).
- General Chemotherapeutic agents considered for use in combination therapies include busulfan (Myleran®), busulfan injection (Busulfex®), cladribine (Leustatin®), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan® or Neosar®), cytarabine, cytosine arabinoside (Cytosar-U®), cytarabine liposome injection (DepoCyt®), daunorubicin hydrochloride (Cerubidine®), daunorubicin citrate liposome injection (DaunoXome®), dexamethasone, doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin®, Rubex®), etoposide (Vepesid®), fludarabine phosphate (Fludara®), hydroxyurea (Hydrea®), Idarubicin (Idamycin®), mitoxantrone (Novantrone®), Gemtuzumab Ozogamicin (Mylotarg®).
- In embodiments, general chemotherapeutic agents considered for use in combination therapies include anastrozole (Arimidex®), bicalutamide (Casodex®), bleomycin sulfate (Blenoxane®), busulfan (Myleran®), busulfan injection (Busulfex®), capecitabine (Xeloda®), N4-pentoxycarbonyl-5-deoxy-5-fluorocytidine, carboplatin (Paraplatin®), carmustine (BiCNU®), chlorambucil (Leukeran®), cisplatin (Platinol®), cladribine (Leustatin®), cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan® or Neosar®), cytarabine, cytosine arabinoside (Cytosar-U®), cytarabine liposome injection (DepoCyt®), dacarbazine (DTIC-Dome®), dactinomycin (Actinomycin D, Cosmegan), daunorubicin hydrochloride (Cerubidine®), daunorubicin citrate liposome injection (DaunoXome®), dexamethasone, docetaxel (Taxotere®), doxorubicin hydrochloride (Adriamycin®, Rubex®), etoposide (Vepesid®), fludarabine phosphate (Fludara®), 5-fluorouracil (Adrucil®, Efudex®), flutamide (Eulexin®), tezacitibine, Gemcitabine (difluorodeoxycitidine), hydroxyurea (Hydrea®), Idarubicin (Idamycin®), ifosfamide (IFEX®), irinotecan (Camptosar®), L-asparaginase (ELSPAR®), leucovorin calcium, melphalan (Alkeran®), 6-mercaptopurine (Purinethol®), methotrexate (Folex®), mitoxantrone (Novantrone®), mylotarg, paclitaxel (Taxol®), phoenix (Yttrium90/MX-DTPA), pentostatin, polifeprosan 20 with carmustine implant (Gliadel®), tamoxifen citrate (Nolvadex®), teniposide (Vumon®), 6-thioguanine, thiotepa, tirapazamine (Tirazone®), topotecan hydrochloride for injection (Hycamptin®), vinblastine (Velban®), vincristine (Oncovin®), and vinorelbine (Navelbine®).
- Treatments can be evaluated, for example, by tumour regression, tumour weight or size shrinkage, time to progression, duration of survival, progression free survival, overall response rate, duration of response, quality of life, protein expression and/or activity. Approaches to determining efficacy of the therapy can be employed, including for example, measurement of response through radiological imaging.
- The invention is further described in the following non-limiting clauses:
- 1. A chimeric costimulatory receptor (CoStAR) comprising a full-length costimulatory receptor fused to a tumour-associated antigen specific binding domain, wherein full-length implies the entire mature protein lacking the leader sequence and with up to 5 amino acid deletions or mutations at the very N-terminus of the mature protein, a process critical for optimal splicing of the costimulatory domain into a chimeric receptor.
2. The CoStAR ofclause 1 wherein said costimulatory receptor is selected from the group of CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6.
3. A CoStAR fusion receptor as outlined inclauses
4. The CoStAR of any preceding clause wherein said antigen specific binding domain is derived from:
I. A single chain antibody fragment which binds a tumour associated antigen including, but not limited to, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), 5T4, mellanotransferrin (CD228), melanoma-associated chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (MCSP/CSPG4), CD71, folate receptor or CA125; or
II. A single chain antibody fragment which binds a tumour specific peptide (p)-major histocompatability (MHC) complex; or
III. A tumour specific pMHC complex antigen specific single chain T-cell receptor (scTCR); or
IV. A natural antigen binding polypeptide such as, but not limited to, transferrin; or
V. A domain which bind an antibody (e.g. Fc binding domains such as, but not limited to, CD16, CD32 or CD64), or other indirect method of antigen recognition.
5. A fusion protein which comprises a polypeptide according to any preceding clause fused to a protein of interest (POI) such as a marker gene (e.g. DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope tag, CD34, CD19 etc), chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), a T cell receptor (TCR) or another receptor of immunotherapeutic use for adoptive cell therapy.
6. A fusion protein according to clause 5, which comprises a self-cleaving peptide between the polypeptide and the protein of interest.
7. A nucleic acid sequence, such as:
I. that shown inSEQ ID No 1. capable of encoding a polypeptide, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level, according toclause
II. a fusion protein, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 fused to a peptide such as that shown in SEQ ID No 3 to 12 according to clause 5 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
8. A vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence according toclause 7.
9. A vector according toclause 8, which also comprises a transgene of interest.
10. A vector according toclause 9, wherein the transgene of interest encodes a chimeric antigen receptor, a T-cell receptor or another receptor of immunotherapeutic use for adoptive cell therapy, such that when the vector is used to transduce a target cell, the target cell co-expresses a polypeptide according to any ofclauses 1 and a chimeric antigen receptor, T-cell receptor or another receptor of immunotherapeutic interest.
11. A cell which expresses a polypeptide according toclause 1.
12. A cell according to clause 11 which co-expresses the polypeptide outlined inclause 1 and a POI at the cell surface.
13. A cell which comprises a nucleic acid sequence according toclause 7.
14. A cell according to any of clauses 11-13, which is a T cell.
15. A method for making a cell according to any of clauses 11-14 which comprises the step of transducing or transfecting a cell with a vector according to any ofclauses 8 to 10.
16. A method for selecting cells expressing a POI which comprises the following steps:
I. detecting expression of the POI epitope on the surface of cells transfected or transduced with a vector according toclause 10; and
II. selecting cells which are identified as expressing the POI epitope.
17. A method for preparing a purified population of cells enriched for cells expressing a POI which comprises the step of selecting cells expressing a POI from a population of cells using a method according toclause 16.
18. A method according to clause 17, which comprises the ex vivo transduction or transfection of a population of cells isolated from a tissue or cell donor with:
I. a vector according to any ofclause 7; and
II. selecting cells expressing the POI from the transduced/transfected population of cells by a method according toclause 16.
19. A cell population which is enriched for cells expressing a polypeptide according toclause 1, and thus enriched for cells expressing a POI.
20. A method for tracking transduced cells in vivo which comprises the step of detection of expression of a polypeptide according toclause 1 at the cell surface.
21. A method for treating a disease in a subject, which comprises the step of administering a cell according to any of clauses 11 to 14, or a cell population according to clause 19 to the subject.
22. A method according toclause 21 which comprises the following steps:
I. transducing or transfecting a sample of cells isolated from a subject with a vector according toclause 9, and
II. returning the transduced/transfected cells to a patient.
23. A method according to clause 22 for treating cancer.
24. A cell according to any of clauses 11 to 14 or a cell population according to clause 19 for use in adoptive cell transfer.
25. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD137, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 4 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
26. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD134, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 5 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
27. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD2, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 6 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
28. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD29, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 7 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
29. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human GITR, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 8 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
30. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human IL2Rγ, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 9 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
31. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD40, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 10 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
32. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD150, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 11 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
33. A CoStAR receptor consisting of a tumour associated antigen binding domain according toclause 4, fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown inSEQ ID No 2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD2 and human CD40, such as that shown in SEQ ID No 12 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
EXAMPLES The invention is further demonstrated in the following non-limiting examples. - Construct design—The MFE23 CoStAR consists of an MFE23 derived single chain antibody fragment nucleotide sequence with an oncostatin M1 leader sequence fused to the entire human CD28 nucleic acid sequence. The CoStAR nucleotide sequence was codon optimised and gene synthesised by Genewiz Inc. The constructs were cloned into pSF.Lenti (Oxford Genetics) via an XbaI and NheI site.
- Lentiviral Production—Lentiviral production was performed using a three-plasmid packaging system (Cell Biolabs, San Diego, USA) by mixing 10 μg of each plasmid, plus 10 μg of the pSF.Lenti lentiviral plasmid containing the transgene, together in serum free RPMI containing 50 mM CaCl2. The mixture was added dropwise to a 50% confluent monolayer of 293T cells in 75 cm2 flasks. The viral supernatants were collected at 48 and 72h post transfection, pooled and concentrated using LentiPac lentiviral supernatant concentration (GeneCopoeia, Rockville, Md., USA) solution according to the manufacturer's instructions. Lentiviral supernatants were concentrated 10-fold and used to directly infect primary human T-cells in the presence of 4 μg/ml polybrene (Sigma-Aldrich, Dorset, UK). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from normal healthy donors before activation for 24 hours with T-cell activation and expansion beads (Invitrogen) according to the manufacturer's instructions before addition of lentiviral supernatants.
- Cell transduction was assessed 96 hours post infection using CEA.hFc protein and anti-hFc-PE secondary, plus anti-CD34-APC or by anti-CD34-PE antibodies alone. Cells were then expanded further using ×10 donor mismatched irradiated PBMC feeders at a 1:20-1:200 ratio in RPMI+10% FCS with the addition of 1 μg/ml PHA and 200 IU/ml IL-2. After 14 days the cells were stained as previous and stored ready for assay.
- Functionality assays were performed by mixing CoStAR positive or negative cells with wild-type or OKT3 engineered CEA-Positive LoVo or LS174T cells. Briefly, T-cells were mixed with LoVo cells at varying ratios in 96-well plates and IFNγ or IL-2 measured by ELISA. The remaining cells were incubated with 1:10 dilution of WST-1 reagent (Sigma, UK) for 30 min before absorbance reading at 450 nm. % Cytotoxicity was determined using the following equation=100−((Experimental reading−T-cells alone)/(tumour alone))×100.
- Proliferation assays were performed by first loading T-cells with 10 μM eFluor450 proliferation dye (eBioscience, UK) for 10 min at 37° C. at a concentration of 1×107 cells/ml before incubating the cells in 5 volumes of cold T-cell media for 5 min on ice. Cells were then washed excessively to remove unbound dye and added to cocultures containing tumour cells. Cells were removed at 2, 6 and 10 days, 1:200 dilution of DRAQ7 added and the cells analysed using a MACSQuant cytometer and MACSQuantify software.
- Cell counts for proliferation assays were performed by taking cells from the wells and staining with anti-CD2 PerCP eFluor710 antibody (eBioscience, UK) for 20 min in the dark, followed by DRAQ7 staining and counts made using a MACSQuant analyser.
- RESULTS—Primary human T-cells were isolated from Buffy coats obtained from the NHSBT. T-cells were isolated by Ficoll-mediated isolation and T-cell negative isolation kits (StemCell Technologies). The isolated T-cells were activated with human T-cell activation and expansion beads (Invitrogen, UK). Cells were incubated with concentrated lentiviral particles and expanded over a number of days. The lentivirus contained the DNA sequence of the MFE.CoStAR.2A.tCD34 construct (MFE23.scFv fused to full length human CD28 co-expressed with truncated human CD34 via a 2A cleavage sequence). Successfully transduced cells were further expanded using irradiated feeders as outlined in materials and methods.
Donor 1 transduction was measured at 22.69% (17.15 CD34+/CoStAR+ plus 5.53% CD34-/CoStAR+),donor 2 was measured at 20.73%, and donor 3 at 13.34%. Cells were enriched for CoStAR expression using anti-CD34 antibodies to obtain T-cell populations greater than 90% CoStAR positive. - To generate a physiologically relevant in vitro model to test the impact of CoStAR on T-cell activity, the non-transduced and transduced cells were tested against the CEA+ tumour cell lines LoVo and LS174T. To enable activation of the T-cells in response to the unmatched tumour lines we engineered the tumour cells to express an anti-CD3ζ single chain antibody fragment anchored to the cell membrane by way of a synthetic transmembrane domain and split from the GFP marker gene using an IRES element to visualise transduced cells using flow cytometry.
- Single cell clones of LoVo and LS174T were generated from bulk transfectants. Non-transduced and CoStAR transduced T-cells were mixed at varying effector:target ratios with wild-type non-transduced or OKT3-engineered LS174T or LoVo cells. After 24 hours coculture media was taken for IL-2 ELISA measurement. Activation dependent IL-2 secretion was observed from both CoStAR+ and CoStAR− T-cell populations from three donors in response to OKT3 engineered LS174T cells with only background IL-2 secretion seen from transduced and non-transduced T-cells in response to un-engineered tumour cells (
FIG. 3 A-C). CoStAR enhanced IL-2 secretion towards OKT3 engineered tumour cells was found in all three donors tested. The effect was most evident at E:T ratios of 8:1 and 16:1 and at higher E:T ratios IL-2 secretion was too low to measure accurately. At lower effector to target ratios it appeared that IL-2 secretion was saturating from non-transduced cells. These observations were repeated in LoVo cells with two of the three donors tested against LS174T with similar results (FIGS. 3D & E). - To determined the impact of CoStAR on T-cell expansion, transduced or non-transduced T-cells were mixed with wild-type or OKT3-GFP engineered LoVo cells the number of total cells after 3 days was counted. CoStAR enhanced survival and/or proliferation of engineered T-cells in response to LoVo-OKT3 but not wild-type LoVo cells in the presence of IL-2 (
FIG. 4A ) and absence of IL-2 (FIG. 4B ). To further investigated this phenomenon, cell proliferation analysis was performed in T-cells from two donors using proliferation dye to count the number of cell cycles each population went through over 6 days (FIGS. 4C & D). A larger proportion of CoStAR engineered cells went through 5, 6 or 7 proliferation cycles over 6 days compared to non-engineered cells in response to LoVo-OKT3, whereas CoStAR transduced and non-transduced cells went through an average of approximately 2 cycles over the same duration in response to wild-type LoVo. - A variety of fusion receptors consisting of CD28 fused to an N-terminal additional costimulatory domain were generated. Costimulatory domains obtained from: CD137, CD2, CD29, CD134, CD150, CD40, GITR and the signalling domain from the IL-2 receptor γ-chain (IL2Rγ) were chosen. A receptor as close to that used in previous studies of inducible costimulation was included. This receptor designated CD28(IEV) is truncated such that the C-terminal motif of CD28 is the amino acid triad ‘IEV’. Sequences were generated de novo by Genewiz and cloned into a lentiviral vector under an EF1α promoter along with a CD34 marker gene separated from the fusion CoStAR by a 2A self-cleaving peptide. Primary CD8+ T-cells were isolated using EasySep beads (StemCell Technologies) and activated with anti-CD3/anti-CD28 activation/expansion Dynabeads before addition of lentiviral particles. Following a short expansion period the cells were mixed with LoVo or LoVo-OKT3 cells, with the inclusion of anti-CD107a antibodies and brefeldin and monensin, and following a 16 hour incubation were fixed and stained with antibodies to the marker gene (CD34) as well as antibodies to IL-2, IFNγ and bcl-xL. Analysis was performed using a MACSQuant analyser and MACSQuantify software.
FIG. 5 shows the IL-2 response from CD34− (CoStAR non-transduced) and CD34+(CoStAR transduced). Statistical analysis demonstrated that all receptors tested induced a significant increase in the proportion of cells producing IL-2 when harbouring the variant CoStAR receptors. Three other read outs were concurrently measured: IFNγ, a cytokine released undernormal signal 1 conditions but enhanced by costimulation; CD107a, a marker of degranulation; and bcl-xL, an antiapoptotic protein unregulated by costimulation. Engagement of CoStAR enhanced all the effector functions analysed to varying degrees. CD28.CD2 and CD28.CD40 fusions receptors appeared to elicit the most robust response of all the receptors tested (SeeFIG. 6 ) - The effect of CD28 and CD28.CD40 based CoStARs on population based cytokine secretion was compared. Primary T-cells from three donors were transduced with either the CD28(IEV) truncated CoStAR, full length CD28 CoStAR or CD28.CD40 CoStAR (having the full length CD28 as shown in SEQ ID NO. 10, but lacking the N terminal N and K residues) or left non-transduced. T-cells were enriched for CoStAR expression using the CD34 marker gene, and following expansion cells were mixed with LoVo-OKT3 cells and IL-2 secretion analysed by ELISA (See
FIG. 7 ). Non-transduced cells on average produced 0.80 ng/ml IL-2, with CD28(IEV) and full length CD28 CoStAR producing 4.6 and 5.0 ng/ml IL-2 respectively. However CD28.CD40 induced 29.0 ng/ml IL-2 on average across three donors thus demonstrating a clear benefit to incorporating CD40 into the basic CD28-based CoStAR. - Next the effect of CoStAR on T-cell expansion was analysed. T-cells from seven donors were transduced with either CD28 or CD28.CD40 CoStARs with either an anti-CA125 (196-14) or anti-Folate receptor (MOV-19) scFv, or an anti-Folate receptor peptide (C7) antigen binding domain. Additional cells were transduced with a CD28 CoStAR harboring an anti-CEA scFv as a mismatched control. Cells were then mixed with CA125+/Folate receptor+/CEA− cell line OvCAR3 engineered to express a membrane bound OKT3 (OvCAR-OKT3). T-cell counts were made after 7, 14 and 21 days, and fresh OvCAR-OKT3 added at
days - To better understand the synergy of
signal 1 and signal 2 T-cells were engineered with a murine constant domain modified TCR which recognizes a CEA peptide (691-699) in the context of HLA-A*02 as well as the CD28 or CD28.CD40 CoStAR targeted towards cell surface CEA protein. As a control cells were also transduced with a CA125 specific CD28 CoStAR. The T-cells were mixed with HLA-A*02+/CEA+H508 cells and cytokine production analysed by intracellular flow cytometry staining. Flow cytometric gating was performed using antibodies directed towards the murine TCRβ constant domain (marks the TCR engineered cells) as well as the DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope tag (marks the CoStAR engineered cells). Thus it was possible to analyse the TCR−/CoStAR−, TCR+/CoStAR−, TCR−/CoStAR+ and TCR+/CoStAR+ cells in each coculture well. Cytokine production was then plotted in each subpopulation in either the CD4+ or CD8+ T-cells (FIG. 9 ). In CD4+ cells CD28.CD40 CoStAR enhanced CD137 and TNFα production above TCR stimulation alone, however the TCR response in CD4+ cells was poor due to the dependency of the TCR on CD8. In CD8+ cells there was more robust effector activity with IL-2 and CD107a in particular showing a stronger induction in the CD28.CD40 CoStAR groups. To better compare the receptors the effector activity in just the TCR+/CoStAR+ groups was plotted in CD4+ and CD8+ cells (FIG. 10 ). In CD4+ cells induction of CD137 was significantly enhanced by CD28.CD40 compared to either CEA or mismatched targeting CD28 CoStAR. In CD8+ cells CD137 induction was significantly increased compared to either CEA or mismatched targeting CD28 CoStAR, whereas CD107a induction was increased compared to the control CoStAR. Thus CD28.CD40 shows enhanced effector activity across a broad range of models and effector activities. -
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SEQUENCES SEQ ID NO: 1: The entire human CD28 mRNA transcript variant transcript with the open reading frame highlighted in bold. LOCUS NM_006139 4900 bp mRNA linear PRI 07-OCT-2016 DEFINITION Homo sapiens CD28 molecule (CD28), transcript variant 1, mRNA.ACCESSION NM_006139 ORIGIN 1 taaagtcatc aaaacaacgt tatatcctgt gtgaaatgct gcagtcagga tgccttgtgg 61 tttgagtgcc ttgatcatgt gccctaaggg gatggtggcg gtggtggtgg ccgtggatga 121 cggagactct caggccttgg caggtgcgtc tttcagttcc cctcacactt cgggttcctc 181 ggggaggagg ggctggaacc ctagcccatc gtcaggacaa agatgctcag gctgctcttg 241 gctctcaact tattcccttc aattcaagta acaggaaaca agattttggt gaagcagtcg 301 cccatgcttg tagcgtacga caatgcggtc aaccttagct gcaagtattc ctacaatctc 361 ttctcaaggg agttccgggc atcccttcac aaaggactgg atagtgctgt ggaagtctgt 421 gttgtatatg ggaattactc ccagcagctt caggtttact caaaaacggg gttcaactgt 481 gatgggaaat tgggcaatga atcagtgaca ttctacctcc agaatttgta tgttaaccaa 541 acagatattt acttctgcaa aattgaagtt atgtatcctc ctccttacct agacaatgag 601 aagagcaatg gaaccattat ccatgtgaaa gggaaacacc tttgtccaag tcccctattt 661 cccggacctt ctaagccctt ttgggtgctg gtggtggttg gtggagtcct ggcttgctat 721 agcttgctag taacagtggc ctttattatt ttctgggtga ggagtaagag gagcaggctc 781 ctgcacagtg actacatgaa catgactccc cgccgccccg ggcccacccg caagcattac 841 cagccctatg ccccaccacg cgacttcgca gcctatcgct cctgacacgg acgcctatcc 901 agaagccagc cggctggcag cccccatctg ctcaatatca ctgctctgga taggaaatga 961 ccgccatctc cagccggcca cctcaggccc ctgttgggcc accaatgcca atttttctcg 1021 agtgactaga ccaaatatca agatcatttt gagactctga aatgaagtaa aagagatttc 1081 ctgtgacagg ccaagtctta cagtgccatg gcccacattc caacttacca tgtacttagt 1141 gacttgactg agaagttagg gtagaaaaca aaaagggagt ggattctggg agcctctcc 1201 ctttctcact cacctgcaca tctcagtcaa gcaaagtgtg gtatccacag acattttagt 1261 tgcagaagaa aggctaggaa atcattcctt ttggttaaat gggtgtttaa tcttttggtt 1361 agtgggttaa acggggtaag ttagagtagg gggagggata ggaagacata tttaaaaacc 1381 attaaaacac tgtctcccac tcatgaaatg agccacgtag ttcctattta atgctgtttt 1441 cctttagttt agaaatacat agacattgtc ttttatgaat tctgatcata tttagtcatt 1501 ttgaccaaat gagggatttg gtcaaatgag ggattccctc aaagcaatat caggtaaacc 1561 aagttgcttt cctcactccc tgtcatgaga cttcagtgtt aatgttcaca atatactttc 1621 gaaagaataa aatagttctc ctacatgaag aaagaatatg tcaggaaata aggtcacttt 1681 atgtcaaaat tatttgagta ctatgggacc tggcgcagtg gctcatgctt gtaatcccag 1741 cactttggga ggccgaggtg ggcagatcac ttgagatcag gaccagcctg gtcaagatgg 1801 tgaaactccg tctgtactaa aaatacaaaa tttagcttgg cctggtggca ggcacctgta 1861 atcccagctg cccaagaggc tgaggcatga gaatcgcttg aacctggcag gcggaggttg 1921 cagtgagccg agatagtgcc acagctctcc agcctgggcg acagagtgag actccatctc 1981 aaacaacaac aacaacaaca acaacaacaa caaaccacaa aattatttga gtactgtgaa 2041 ggattatttg tctaacagtt cattccaatc agaccaggta ggagctttcc tgtttcatat 2101 gtttcagggt tgcacagttg gtctctttaa tgtcggtgtg gagatccaaa gtgggttgtg 2161 gaaagagcgt ccataggaga agtgagaata ctgtgaaaaa gggatgttag cattcattag 2221 agtatgagga tgagtcccaa gaaggttctt tggaaggagg acgaatagaa tggagtaatg 2281 aaattcttgc catgtgctga ggagatagcc agcattaggt gacaatcttc cagaagtggt 2341 caggcagaag gtgccctggt gagagctcct ttacagggac tttatgtggt ttagggctca 2401 gagctccaaa actctgggct cagctgctcc tgtaccttgg aggtccattc acatgggaaa 2461 gtattttgga atgtgtcttt tgaagagagc atcagagttc ttaagggact gggtaaggcc 2521 tgaccctgaa atgaccatgg atatttttct acctacagtt tgagtcaact agaatatgcc 2581 tggggacctt gaagaatggc ccttcagtgg ccctcaccat ttgttcatgc ttcagttaat 2641 tcaggtgttg aaggagctta ggttttagag gcacgtagac ttggttcaag tctcgttagt 2701 agttgaatag cctcaggcaa gtcactgccc acctaagatg atggttcttc aactataaaa 2761 tggagataat ggttacaaat gtctcttcct atagtataat ctccataagg gcatggccca 2821 agtctgtctt tgactctgcc tatccctgac atttagtagc atgcccgaca tacaatgtta 2881 gctattggta ttattgccat atagataaat tatgtataaa aattaaactg ggcaatagcc 2941 taagaagggg ggaatattgt aacacaaatt taaacccact acgcagggat gaggtgctat 3001 aatatgagga ccttttaact tccatcattt tcctgtttct tgaaatagtt tatcttgtaa 3061 tgaaatataa ggcacctccc acttttatgt atagaaagag gtcttttaat ttttttttaa 3121 tgtgagaagg aagggaggag taggaatctt gagattccag atcgaaaata ctgtactttg 3181 gttgatttt aagtgggctt ccattccatg gatttaatca gtcccaagaa gatcaaactc 3241 agcagtactt gggtgctgaa gaactgttgg atttaccctg gcacgtgtgc cacttgccag 3301 cttcttgggc acacagagtt cttcaatcca agttatcaga ttgtatttga aaatgacaga 3361 gctggagagt tttttgaaat ggcagtggca aataaataaa tacttttttt taaatggaaa 3421 gacttgatct atggtaataa atgattttgt tttctgactg gaaaaatagg cctactaaag 3481 atgaatcaca cttgagatgt ttcttactca ctctgcacag aaacaaagaa gaaatgttat 3541 acagggaagt ccgttttcac tattagtatg aaccaagaaa tggttcaaaa acagtggtag 3601 gagcaatgct ttcatagttt cagatatggt agttatgaag aaaacaatgt catttgctgc 3661 tattattgta agagtcttat aattaatggt actcctataa tttttgaatg tgagctcacc 3721 tatttgggtt aagcatgcaa atttaaagag accaagtgta tgtacattat gttctacata 3781 ttcagtgata aaattactaa actactatat gtctgcttta aatttgtact ttaatattgt 3841 cttttggtat taagaaagat atgctttcag aatagatatg cttcgctttg gcaaggaatt 3901 tggatagaac ttgctattta aaagaggtgt ggggtaaatc cttgtataaa tctccagttt 3961 agcctttttt gaaaaagcta gactttcaaa tactaatttc acttcaagca gggtacgttt 4021 ctggtttgtt tgcttgactt cagtcacaat ttcttatcag accaatggct gacctctttg 4081 agatgtcagg ctaggcttac ctatgtgttc tgtgtcatgt gaatgctgag aagtttgaca 4141 gagatccaac ttcagccttg accccatcag tccctcgggt taactaactg agccaccggt 4201 cctcatggct attttaatga gggtattgat ggttaaatgc atgtctgatc ccttatccca 4261 gccatttgca ctgccagctg ggaactatac cagacctgga tactgatccc aaagtgttaa 4321 attcaactac atgctggaga ttagagatgg tgccaataaa ggacccagaa ccaggatctt 4381 gattgctata gacttattaa taatccaggt caaagagagt gacacacact ctctcaagac 4441 ctggggtgag ggagtctgtg ttatctgcaa ggccatttga ggctcagaaa gtctctcttt 4501 cctatagata tatgcatact ttctgacata taggaatgta tcaggaatac tcaaccatca 4561 caggcatgtt cctacctcag ggcctttaca tgtcctgttt actctgtcta gaatgtcctt 4621 ctgtagatga cctggcttgc ctcgtcaccc ttcaggtcct tgctcaagtg tcatcttctc 4681 ccctagttaa actaccccac accctgtctg ctttccttgc ttatttttct ccatagcatt 4741 ttaccatctc ttacattaga catttttctt atttatttgt agtttataag cttcatgagg 4801 caagtaactt tgctttgttt cttgctgtat ctccagtgcc cagagcagtg cctggtatat 4861 aataaatatt tattgactga gtgaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaa// SEQ ID NO: 2: The human CD28 protein sequence with the: I. signal peptide highlighted in bold (this may be deleted from the sequence when used according to the invention); and II. transmembrane region underlined; and III. extracellular region lies between the signal peptide and transmembrane region and the cytoplasmic regions follows the transmembrane region; and IV. boxed region represents the first 5 amino acids of the mature protein which may be present or absent or mutated in any aspect of this invention. Also, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 of these residues (i.e. N, K, I, L or V) may be deleted from the sequence when used according to the invention. KGLDSAVEVCVVYGNYSQQLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIY CKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNGTIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWLVLVVVGGVLACYSLL VTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLHSDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS SEQ ID NOs: 3 to 12 below are exemplar sequences of CoStAR signalling domains which may be fused to the human CD28 protein at the boxed region of SEQ ID NO: 2 (which may or may not be mutated but for diagrammatic simplicity has been left in ts original form) with the: I. double underlined region represents the CD28 derived region; and II. underlined region is a second costimulatory receptor derived region; and III. sequence in italics is a third costimulatory receptor derived region. Note that the boxed region represents the first 5 amino acids of the mature CD28 protein which may be present or absent or mutated in any aspect of this invention. Also, 1, 2, 3, 4, o5 5 of these residues (i.e. N, K, I, L or V) may be deleted from the sequence when used according to the invention. SEQ ID NO: 3: Truncated Cytoplasmic domain CD28 Variant QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKR SEQ ID NO: 4: CD28.CD137 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKGYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/RFSVVKRGRKKLLYIFKQPFMRPV QTTQEEDGCSCRFPEEEEGGCE SEQ ID NO: 5: CD28.CD134 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/RRDQRLPPDAHKPPGGGSFRTPIQ EEQADAHSTLAKI SEQ ID NO: 6: CD28.CD2 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/KRKKQRSRRNDEELETRAHRVAT EERGRKPHQIPASTPQNPATSQHPPPPGHRSQAPSHRPPPPGHRVQHQPQKRPPAPS GTQVHQQKGPPLPRPRVQPKPPHGAAENSLSPSSN SEQ ID NO: 7: CD28.CD29 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRSS/KLLMIIHDRREFADFEKEKMNAK WDTGENPIYKSAVTTVVNPKYEGK SEQ ID NO: 8: CD28.GITR fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/QLGLHIWQLRSQCMWPRETQLLL EVPPSTEDARSCQFPEEERGERSAEEKGRLGDLWV SEQ ID NO: 9: C28.IL2Rγ fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/ERTMPRIPTLKNLEDLVTEYHGNF SAWSGVSKGLAESLQPDYSERLCLVSEIPPKGGALGEGPGASPCNQHSPYWAPPCYT LKPET SEQ ID NO: 10: CD28.CD40 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/KKVAKKPTNKAPHPKQEPQEINFP DDLPGSNTAAPVQETLHGCQPVTQESDGKESRISVQERQ SEQ ID NO: 11: CD28.CD150 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSRLLH SDYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/RRRGKTNHYQTTVEKKSLTIYAQ VQKPGPLQKKLDSFPAQDPCTTIYVAATEPVPESVQETNSITVYASVTLPES SEQ ID NO: 12: CD28.CD2.CD40 fusion QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEVMYPPPYLDNEKSNG TIIHVKGKHLCPSPLFPGPSKPFWVLVVVGGVLACYSLLVTVAFIIFWVRSKRSLLH SKYMNMTPRRPGPTRKHYQPYAPPRDFAAYRS/KRKKQRSRRNDEELETRAHRVAT EERGRKPHQIPASTPQNPATSQHPPPPGHRSQAPSHRPPPPGHRVQHQPQKRPPAPS GTQVHQQKGPPLPRPRVQPKPPHGAAENSLSPSSN KKVAKKPTNKAPHPKQEPQEINF PDDLPGSNTAAPVQETLHGCQPVTQEDGKESRISVQERQ SEQ ID NO: 13: Truncated Extracellular domain CD28(IEV) Variant QLQVYSKTGFNCDGKLGNESVTFYLQNLYVNQTDIYFCKIEV
Claims (35)
1. A chimeric costimulatory receptor (CoStAR) comprising an extracellular ligand binding fragment of a first costimulatory receptor and an intracellular signalling fragment of a second costimulatory receptor fused to a tumour-associated antigen specific binding domain linked to a signalling domain.
2. A CoStAR as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a full-length costimulatory receptor fused to a tumour-associated antigen specific binding domain, wherein said costimulatory receptor full-length includes the entire mature protein lacking the leader sequence and which has up to 5 amino acid deletions or mutations at the very N-terminus of the mature protein.
3. A chimeric costimulatory receptor (CoStAR) comprising a full-length costimulatory receptor fused to a tumour-associated antigen specific binding domain, wherein said costimulatory receptor full-length includes the entire mature protein lacking the leader sequence and which has up to 5 amino acid deletions or mutations at the very N-terminus of the mature protein.
4. The CoStAR of any preceding claim wherein said costimulatory receptor is selected from the group of CD2, CD9, CD26, CD27, CD28, CD29, CD38, CD40, CD43, CD46, CD49d, CD55, CD73, CD81, CD82, CD99, CD100, CD134 (OX40), CD137 (41BB), CD150 (SLAM), CD270 (HVEM), CD278 (ICOS), CD357 (GITR), or EphB6.
5. A CoStAR as of any preceding claim wherein the costimulatory domain comprises or consists of two or more costimulatory receptor domains fused into a single receptor format, with the joining region being a direct fusion, or containing a linker region such as a linker up to 50 amino acids in length.
6. The CoStAR of any preceding claim wherein said antigen specific binding domain is selected from:
I. A single chain antibody fragment which binds a tumour associated antigen including, but not limited to, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), 5T4, mellanotransferrin (CD228), Her2, EGFR, GPC3, melanoma-associated chondroitin sulphate proteoglycan (MCSP/CSPG4), CD71, folate receptor or CA125; or
II. A single chain antibody fragment which binds a tumour specific peptide (p)-major histocompatibility (MHO complex; or
A tumour specific pMHC complex antigen specific single chain T-cell receptor (scTCR); or
IV. A natural antigen binding polypeptide such as, but not limited to, transferrin; or
V. A domain which bind an antibody (e.g. Fc binding domains such as, but not limited to, CD16, CD32 or CD64), or other indirect method of antigen recognition.
7. A fusion protein which comprises a polypeptide according to any preceding claim fused to a protein of interest (POI) such as a marker gene (e.g. DYKDDDDK (SEQ ID NO:14) epitope tag, CD34, CD19 etc), chimeric antigen receptor (CAR), a T cell receptor (TCR) or another receptor of immunotherapeutic use for adoptive cell therapy.
8. A fusion protein according to claim 8 , which comprises a self-cleaving peptide between the polypeptide and the protein of interest.
9. A nucleic acid sequence, such as:
I. that shown in SEQ ID NO:1, capable of encoding a polypeptide, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level, according to claims 1 and 2 ; or
II. a fusion protein, such as that shown in SEQ ID NOs:3 to 12 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level.
10. A vector which comprises a nucleic acid sequence according to claim 10 .
11. A vector according to claim 10 , which also comprises a transgene of interest.
12. A vector according to claim 11 , wherein the transgene of interest encodes a chimeric antigen receptor, a T-cell receptor or another receptor of immunotherapeutic use for adoptive cell therapy, such that when the vector is used to transduce a target cell, the target cell co-expresses a polypeptide according to any of claim 1 and a chimeric antigen receptor, I-cell receptor or another receptor of immunotherapeutic interest.
13. A cell which expresses a polypeptide according to claim 1 .
14. A cell according to claim 13 which co-expresses the polypeptide of claim 1 and a POI at the cell surface.
15. A cell which comprises a nucleic acid sequence according to claim 10 .
16. A cell according to any of claims 13 -16 , which is a T cell.
17. A method for making a cell according to any of claims 13 -16 which comprises the step of transducing or transfecting a cell with a vector according to any of claims 10 to 12 .
18. A method for selecting cells expressing a POI which comprises the following steps:
I. detecting expression of the POI epitope on the surface of cells transfected or transduced with a vector according to any of claims 10 to 12 ; and
II. selecting cells which are identified as expressing the POI epitope.
19. A method for preparing a purified population of cells enriched for cells expressing a POI which comprises the step of selecting cells expressing a POI from a population of cells using a method according to claim 19 .
20. A method according to claim 19 , which comprises the ex vivo transduction or transfection of a population of cells isolated from a tissue or cell donor with:
I. a vector according to any of claims 10 to 12 ; and
II. selecting cells expressing the POI from the transduced/transfected population of cells by a method according to claim 18 .
21. A cell population which is enriched for cells expressing a polypeptide according to claim 1 , and thus enriched for cells expressing a POI.
22. A method for tracking transduced cells in vivo which comprises the step of detection of expression of a polypeptide according to claim 1 at the cell surface.
23. A method for treating a disease in a subject, which comprises the step of administering a cell according to any of claims 13 to 16 , or a cell population according to claim 21 to the subject.
24. A method according to claim 24 which comprises the following steps:
I. transducing or transfecting a sample of cells isolated from a subject with a vector according to any of claims 10 to 12 , and
II. returning the transduced/transfected cells to a patient.
25. A method according to claim 24 for treating cancer.
26. A cell according to any of claims 13 to 16 or a cell population according to claim 21 for use in the treatment of disease and/or adoptive cell transfer.
27. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD137, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:4 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
28. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD134, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:5 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
29. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD2, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:6 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
30. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD29, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:7 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
31. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human GITR, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:8 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
32. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human IL2Rγ, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:9 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
33. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD40, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:10 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
34. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD150, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:11 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
35. A CoStAR receptor comprising a tumour associated antigen binding domain according to claim 6 , fused to:
I. a fusion signalling domain comprising or consisting of full length human CD28, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:2 or a variant thereof having at least 80% sequence identity at the protein level; and
II. the intracellular domain from human CD2 and human CD40, such as that shown in SEQ ID NO:12 or a variant thereof having at least 80% or 90% sequence identity at the protein level.
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